Like the selections, Referees also pass the rounds or are eliminated in the Euro Cup. Once the group stage has concluded, it has decided which referees continue in the final stretch of the Euro Cup and which have not made the cut after their first matches in the group stage and can go on vacation. Martínez Munuera, VAR specialist, will be the only Spaniard still in the tournament; while Gil Manzano, his two assistants, and Hernández Hernández have already packed their bags and are leaving the refereeing camp.
Spanish refereeing suffers a great sifting in the Euro Cup. UEFA will only continue to have one of the five Spaniards who had been summoned. And Spain had previously suffered another major setback by being the only country in the five major leagues that only had one main referee among those called up. Gil Manzano, the only head judge, is the first to pack his bags after having refereed only one match in the entire group stage: Austria 1 – France 1. Therefore, his elimination from the remainder of the competition also affects his assistants: Nevado Rodríguez and Barbero Sevilla.
Regarding the VAR, Spain brought two representatives. The Canarian Hernández Hernández has not made the cut either, despite the fact that he has always been highly valued by UEFA in VAR work. Yes, Martínez Munuera survives, considered by UEFA and FIFA itself as one of the best VARs in the world. Always claimed for big matches and relevant tournaments. The man from Alicante was in charge of the video refereeing of Austria-France and Denmark-England.
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