The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), in tandem with the Technical Referees Committee (CTA) released a new and groundbreaking initiative today, where they seek to explain controversial decisions made officials during games. The video touched on seven incidents from across La Liga and Segunda from the opening three weeks of the season.
Incidents are selected by former managers Jose Luis Oltra, Jose Ramon Sandoval, Jose Luis Sanchez Vera and former Spain forward Fernando Morientes, who form the ‘Assessment Committee’. They are then reviewed by the CTA, and explained by spokesperson Marta Frias, in a short video, in this case six minutes long.
One of the most controversial incidents in the opening stage of the season was a goal for Ferran Torres, as he scored while defender Antonio Raillo was down with a head injury. The referee did not stop play, and as Frias explains ‘the correct decision would have been to stop the play’.