The estamento referee's lives a moment complicated after the controversial arbitration of Santiago Bernabéu and that they filtered and went out to the light audios of the VAR of other parties in which it puts in doubt the performances of the referees of the room VOR, but also, and in some cases of the referees of field.
In front of this situation where the referees feel increasingly vulnerable and questions his honorabilidad, the Spanish Federation of Football has gone out to the step to issue a conclusive communiqué defending the work of the referee's community: "The RFEF wants to show his support, solidarity and confidence to the referees and referees in front of the attacks that are suffering in the exercise of his competitions".
Also it has wanted to condemn the diffusion of the audios, published these days by the program 'Jijantes' of the journalist Gerard Romero: "Likewise, it wishes to condemn of conclusive way the subtraction and diffusion of diverse audios of the system VAR, when being a clear violation of the data protection, reason whereby has put in knowledge of the Civil Guard, as it announced yesterday."
"Without referees there is not football"
In the communiqué, the RFEF has taken the word no only to defend to the referees of the attacks of presidents like Joan Laporta or of institutions like the Real Madrid through his channel of television (Real Madrid Television), but also for ensalzar the figure of the referee, since "they are essential part of this sport". From the Federation ask respect to the referee's community to the that consider "referent in Europe and all over the world".