José Luis Munuera Montero will be in charge of dispensing justice in the Copa del Rey match between Real Madrid y Celta de Vigo. The referee of Andalusian schoolwhich will be escorted by Hernandez Hernandez in it OURwill seek to have a calm clash.
It will be the second time that the referee Jaen judge a Real Madrid match this season. Their only precedent came in a La Liga duel against Espanyol which ended with a 4-1 win for the whites. In that duel, Munuera Montero even threatened Kylian Mbappé with expelling him. “You're risking it, Kylian,” the Andalusian told the French player.
Furthermore, throughout his career as a professional referee, Munuera Montero has refereed the Madrid club on 16 other occasions with a record of 13 wins, one draw and only two losses.
Among the most notable are the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals of the 2022-2023 season against the Barça and the semis of the Spanish Super Cup in 2021-2022 also against the culés.
For its part, Celta de Vigo has been one of the teams that Munuera Montero has directed the most. They have done it 21 times, of which seven have been wins, three draws and 11 losses.
The controversy
The matches that Munuera Montero has directed against Real Madrid or Celta de Vigo have not been without controversy. In fact, his performance in the 2018-2019 season during a match between Madrid and La Liga is famous. Royal Society.
A clash remembered by the phrase “Everything OK, José Luis” Melero Lopez from the VAR to Munuera Montero after a possible penalty by Rulli on Vinicius Jr.
The media reaction was very great and Velasco Carballopresident of Technical Committee of Refereeshad to appear in the media to admit that it had been a mistake.
Munuera Montero shows the yellow card to Kylian Mbappé
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On the Vigo side, Celta also has controversial experiences with Munuera Montero. It was precisely at the Bernabéu, although this time with the Andalusian on the VAR, in which a possible red card for Gareth Bale was forgiven after a harsh challenge on Rafinha.
Just a week later, to the world whistled a Celta-Leganés which would end with a local victory (1-0) but in which the player from Jaen expelled the player from Vigo Bradaric in an action similar to that of Bale.
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