Wilmar Roldán, chosen to whistle the first leg final between Bucaramanga and Santa Fe

The refereeing body was defined for the first leg of the first final of the year Atlético Bucaramanga and Independiente Santa Fe, which will begin on Saturday, June 8 in the capital of Santander. The person in charge of directing the match at the Alfonso López stadium will be the experienced judge Wilmar Roldanwhich will end its participation in the Colombian league, before heading towards the Copa América in the United States.

Along with the Antioquian, the arbitration shortlist is made up of Richard Ortiz del Quindío and ROberto Padilla of the Atlantic as linesmen, and Alejandro Moncada of Antioquia as fourth referee. For his part, the person responsible for the VAR will be Leonard Mosquerafrom the Department countryand the AVAR role was designated to Fernando Acuña from Boyacá.

Roldán receives the appointment of whistler in a new final in Colombian soccer. At the beginning of the year, He was in charge of directing the second leg final of the Super League between Millonarios and Juniorwhich had the victory of the blue team, which won 2-0 at the Campín stadium to the Barranquilla team.

Likewise, in 2023the Antioquian was appointed by Conmebol to referee the final of the Copa Libertadores between Fluminense and Boca Juniors. This match took place at the Maracaná stadium in Rio de Janeiro, with the first international cup for the Rio team that had in its ranks Jhon Arias and Germán Ezequiel Cano.

So far, the 44-year-old judge has whistled 26 games this seasondivided into 16 per local leaguesix in the Copa Libertadores, one in the Copa Sudamericana, two in the Saudi Pro League and one in the Super League.

The last time Wilmar Roldan was appointed by the Arbitration Commission of the Colombian Football Federation to referee a final of the local competition It was in the 2021-I edition in the confrontation between Deportivo Cali and Deportes Tolima. This duel ended 1-1 at the Palmaseca stadium with the annotations of Harold Preciado for the people of Valle del Cauca and Gustavo Adrian Ramirez for the people of Tolima.

This will be the eleventh final of the Colombian league that Roldán calls in his career as a professional referee. The first record of him in this instance was in the edition 2008-I in the first leg between América de Cali and Boyacá Chicó. Likewise, this will be the fifth final that Santa Fe has won in the league, being 2012-I, 2016-II, 2017-II, 2020 the previous editions that he refereed for the capital team.

The other finals he directed 2010second half return match, 2011closing tournament in the second leg, 2019-IIsecond leg and 2021second semester in the first leg.