It seems that for Germany The registration of the Spanish referee is well taken Juan Martinez Munueraso much so that the national media are warning the Bayern of Munichwhich is measured this evening at Dynamo Zagreb and has the Spanish braid as a judge. “Bayern must be careful with this referee,” the newspaper headlines, accompanied by a large photo of Martinez Munuera during a championship match refereed at the real Madrid And Rayo Vallecano inside Santiago Bernabeu: “The Champions League is starting.”
This is the newspaper Picturethe most important in Germany, the one that warns with surprising clarity Bayern Munich of what awaits us at the start of this new group stage of the Champions League. “Attention, Bavaria: There is a major yellow danger here!” Martinez Munuera and his match management, which they say “is known for showing many yellow cards.”
They refer in particular to his warning character, leaving the data he offers so far this season, after three League games and one in Conference Leaguewith 15 yellow cards in four games, an average of 3.75 per game, well below the figure with which he finished last year or the overall average of his entire career. Last year, he finished with 100 yellow cards spread over 23 games, an average of 4.35 per game; still below the general average he accumulates, with 4.58 per game, after 380 referees and a total of 1,742 warnings.
This will be the first match of the group stage of Champions League who leads his career Martinez Munueraalthough he has already managed previous qualifying matches and is familiar with the Europe And Conference League. The Alicante referee has been at the highest level since 2013, in First divisiona total of 12 seasons. In Europe He has refereed 16 matches in all competitions, with an average of 4.63 yellow cards per game. The home team has won nine times and the visitors three times, with four draws.
Martinez Munuera to whistle for Bayern
And Martínez Munuera has been in the eye of the storm in recent months. The Alicante referee was formally denounced by Real Madrid last season for the racist insults he suffered. Vinicius Junior. in front of him Osasuna In The SadarOn April 16, he omitted comments and did not include them in the minutes, which is why the White Club reacted and decided to denounce him.
Martinez Munuera He didn’t put anything on these serious songs, among which those of “Vinicius dies”. For this reason, the the real Madrid denounced this referee, accusing him of an alleged “negligent drafting of the minutes” considering that he “voluntarily and deliberately omitted the insults and humiliating shouts repeatedly addressed” against the Brazilian.
Actually, Martinez Munuera just led the Real Sociedad-Real Madrid which was not without controversy. The Basques complain about the second penalty awarded to the whites that he committed Aramburu about Vinicius – a clear trampling on the Brazilian. He also pointed out in the minutes that he had expelled the ball boys from Anoeta for “inappropriate use of the balls”, which also caused unease among the txuri urdin.
