Spanish media "As" reported that the Madrid derby over the weekend will break the referee's traditional geographical restrictions and will enable the Madrid VAR referee team.
The referee Technical Committee broke the territorial principle of VAR referee for the first time and appointed two Madrid referees to be responsible for video playback analysis.
This will be a historic Madrid derby. The new referee technical committee plans to break the VAR referee's territorial principle for the first time in Saturday's Atletico Madrid against Real Madrid. Del Cerro Grande and Pizarro Gomez (the latter serves as assistant VAR referee) will be responsible for the work of the VAR room. They will assist referee Alberola Rojas in the penalty.
The new referee leadership is breaking all stereotypes. They opened a new era and made it clear that the rules of the past no longer apply and that the ability and status of the referee must be given priority. Therefore, for this Madrid derby, they decided to break a controversial rule: the principle of territoriality. This principle originally prohibits referees from the same autonomous region from enforcing competitions between the same regional teams. Innovation began in the VAR field and is gradually advancing. Because of this, Madrid-born referee Del Cerro Grande was selected as the VAR referee for this derby. Another Madrid referee, Pizarro Gomez, will serve as assistant VAR to assist him.
del Cerro and Pizarro are both professional VAR referee teams. They are experts in this functional field and strictly abide by the premise proposed by the current leadership: only intervene in clear and obvious mistakes, and do not involve vague zones. So far this season, the two have only intervened once in the penalty. In the summary video released by the referee technical committee after each round of the game, the two judgments were decisive and correct. It is reliable to control VAR by these two guaranteed referees, especially in the historic moment of breaking the territorial principle and such a high-intensity game.
del Cerro not only has many years of qualifications to enforce the refereeship of top European competitions, but also maintains a high level as a VAR on the international stage. He has just been assigned to enforce an important game like Bayern against Chelsea, serving as VAR referee.
The referee technical committee not only chose a guaranteed referee for VAR position, but also the candidates for the referee on the field are also reliable. The appointing committee chose Alberola Rojas as the referee. The referee from La Mancha (which has not yet broken the territorial principle here) is the best referee in Spain at the moment, and the referee committee admitted this at the end of last season. This is his ninth season in the top league, he has the qualification of an international referee, and is loved by players for his ability to communicate and make the game flow smoothly.
Alberola will face a demanding game, but he is ready and experienced. This will not be his first derby, he is well aware of the complexity, including external pressure and the tension that spreads on the field. He has ruled two derby games: one was Atletico Madrid 3-1 in the league, and the other was Real Madrid 5-3 in the semi-finals of the Spanish Super Cup. This will be a high-level contest, and the combination of Alberola and del Cerro is ready.