A Referee From the Negreirato Will Decide Real Madrid's Fate in Copa del Rey, Official

The most important match now for Real Madrid is the second leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals against Real Sociedad. After the victory against Leganés in LaLiga, hard-fought until the end, Carlo Ancelotti's players aspire to reach the final at La Cartuja this season.

To do so, they must make the goal scored by Endrick during the first leg of the semifinals at the Reale Arena count. Less than 24 hours before such an important match in Real Madrid's 24/25 season, the CTA has officially announced the referee appointments for the semifinal matches.

The heads of the Spanish referees have decided on Javier Alberola Rojas as the field referee and Daniel Jesús Trujillo Sánchez as the VAR official for the Real Madrid-Real Sociedad match. However, this appointment for the match at the white coliseum has caused many Madridists to be quite unhappy due to Alberola Rojas himself.

Not only because the referee from the Castile-La Mancha committee already officiated Real Madrid in this edition of the Copa del Rey: it was against Leganés, in Butarque, in the quarterfinals. Because Alberola Rojas is also one of the most affected by the 'Negreira case', perhaps the biggest scandal in Spanish soccer. According to "OKDiario," Real Madrid considers that Alberola Rojas "is one of the referees who must be part of that absolute restructuring of the CTA" that they have so eagerly requested.

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This season, Javier Alberola Rojas has officiated three matches for Real Madrid this season. Those matches against Real Betis and Leganés, in LaLiga, and against Deportiva Minera, in the Copa del Rey, have resulted in victory for the first white team. But his records from last season are not as optimistic as those managed during the current soccer season.

Javier Alberola Rojas officiated the only two matches in which Carlo Ancelotti's players could not secure a victory or a draw. Both were against Atlético de Madrid at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano, both in the first leg of LaLiga and in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey.

"OKDiario" recalls that "Alberola Rojas was one of the referees who paid a significant amount of money to Negreira's son" for coaching services. Be that as it may, Real Madrid doesn't wish to engage in unnecessary controversies before the start of a match where the first treble in history is at stake.

Because Alberola Rojas is at the center of the discussions and arouses the distrust of Madridists given his notable ties with Javier Enríquez, son of Enríquez Negreira. This appointment also comes amid the controversy over the refereeing of González Fuertes and Melero López in the LaLiga match between Real Madrid and Leganés.