Mateo Busquets Ferrer (Palma de Mallorca, October 31, 1993) will be the referee in charge of announcing the Atlético-Real Madrid match that will be played this Sunday, September 29 at the stadium Civitas Metropolitan. The Balearic referee has been appointed by the Technical Commission of Referees to officiate the derby and will make his debut in the match between the two capital rivals in his second season in the top tier of Spanish football. He has already officiated those of Ancelotti this season in the draw against Las Palmas.
Busquets Ferrer indicated 24 matches in the EA Sports Leaguethe last one being the duel played last Sunday at La Cerámica between Villarreal and Barcelona. The referee and his VAR team were the protagonists after disallowing the second goal of the yellow team after an alleged offside that, a few minutes later, was revealed with a somewhat dubious image.
Last season he made his debut against the real Madrid in the defeat (5-0) against Alavés and this season he led the white team in the duel against Las Palmas, which ended in a draw and in which the white team claimed a penalty from the central defender McKenna about MbappeThe derby against Atlético will be the fifth match he has coached this season.
Mateo Busquets Ferrer: age, height and where he comes from
Mateo Busquets Ferrer He is 30 years old and belongs to the Balearic school, since he comes from Palma de Mallorca. His great references in refereeing are Mateu Lahoz and Del Cerro Grandeas he said at the time in a newspaper interview AS“Mateu and Del Cerro are two mirrors in which to look at myself,” he said, explaining the reasons that led him to opt for arbitration.
“I was playing football in my neighborhood team, one day I didn’t do well and my father told me half jokingly, half seriously ‘hey, become a referee.’ It was a Saturday and the same Monday I signed up with my uncle. It always caught my attention and when I started I got the bug. Right now, besides being my job, it’s my passion,” he explained in this interview.
Busquets Ferrer statistics and the matches he whistled
Mateo Busquets Ferrer He has managed 24 games in the EA Sports League so far and the derby between Atletico and Real Madrid will be his first major match since he moved to the top tier of Spanish football. Last season he managed 20 games in which there were 10 home wins, 8 draws and two away wins. He received a total of 106 cards, an average of 5.30 per game and seven red cards.
So far this season he has played four games with a home win, two draws and another away win, against Barcelona last Sunday. He has drawn 21 yellow cards, which is his average of 5.25 cautions per game. He has received two red cards in the first four league games. This will be the first time that Busquets Ferrer He managed Atlético during his two seasons in the EA Sports League, while he coached Real Madrid twice, the last being in the draw against Las Palmas on matchday two of the competition.
