Montjuïc Will receive this Sunday (21:00 hours) the most important party of the day 15 of LaLiga: FC Barcelona vs Athletic of Madrid. Both teams arrive in full persecution of the leadership of the competition, in being able to right now of Real Madrid and Girona with four points more than culés and colchoneros, by what the three points at stake would serve to try not to move away more than this first place.
For a party of maximum importance, the Real Spanish Federation of Football has designated to José María Sánchez Martínez to direct the meeting. It will accompany him in the VAR Alejandro Hernández Hernández. The one of Lorca already has pitado this season to the Barça, although no to the Athletic of Madrid, in a party that the culés won 5-0 to the Real Betis.
The balance of the Barcelona team with this referee is of 23 victories, two ties and five defeats in which only it has expelled to a player blaugrana. That red card was for Lenglet in the victory by 2-3 in front of the Betis in the 19/20. Besides, it went the main referee in the previous Barça-Athletic, contested in the Spotify Camp Nou the past 23 April and that finished with triumph of the Catalans by 1-0 after a so much of Ferran Torres, giving an impulse more for the Barcelona group of face to the title.
The balance for the Athletic of Madrid also is positive with the referee of 40 years, accumulating ten victories, six ties and three defeats in 19 meetings. However, the ones of Simeone have not found with the one of Lorca from that fall with the Barça, by what could hilar a new defeat having to Sánchez Martínez on the field.
The rest of designations for the day 15 of LaLiga
So much Barça as Athletic will know the result of the meeting of the Real Madrid-Granada that will mark of important way the classification since to have some defeated could remain until to seven points of the merengues. For this meeting the referee designated has been González Strong. The one of Gijón does not have pitado to the whites this campaign, but if to the Granada in two occasions: in the defeat 0-2 in front of the Ray Vallecano and in the tie to three in front of the Almería.