Mateu Lahoz leaves the Eurocup, according to IUSPORT. He has not made the cut and we will not see him in games beyond these round of 16. And next to him the Swede Andreas Ekberg, the portuguese Artur Dias, the French Clement turpin, the Israeli Grinfeeld and romanian Kovacs.
Mateu He leaves as the only referee to have led three matches in the group stage of the European Championship. One in each of the first three days of the competition. Debuted with Belgium-Russia, followed later by the England-Scotland of the second day and the Portugal-France last June 23, in which he had a controversial performance.
The departure of the Valencian, who is still considered by UEFA as a top referee, means that what happened in the last continental event of 2016 will no longer be repeated, where Marc Clatemburg doubled by whistling the final of the Champions League and then the final of that edition of the Eurocup.
The next cut, if nothing changes, could be done the day after tomorrow Wednesday. Just two days before the start of the quarterfinals. The intention is that finally only four referee teams remain for the semifinals and the Wembley final.
Del Cerro, pending the rooms
Pending the designations of the rooms is the other Spanish referee. It is about Carlos del Cerro from Madrid, who so far has led two matches in the tournament. He made his debut with France-Germany and later the Croatia-Czech Republic whistled.
Its designation will depend on what Spain does. Initially, the normal thing is that one of the two quarterfinals already defined and that they go in the opposite box to that of the Spanish National Team. Either Belgium – Italy on Friday or Czech Republic – Denmark on Saturday. If Spain fell to Croatia, then it could also whistle the other two quarters that will be defined between this Monday and Tuesday tomorrow.