The controversy surrounding Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Enr\u00edquez Negreira, former vice president of the Spanish Technical Committee of Referees (CTA), has resurfaced, prompting reflections from those who were on the pitch during his tenure. C\u00e9sar Noval, a former LaLiga assistant referee who worked during Negreira\u2019s time at the CTA, recently broke his silence in an interview with El Chiringuito, offering a perspective that distances the on-field officials from the scandal.<\/p>\n
Noval insisted that referees on the field were largely unaffected by any potential irregularities. \u201cI never received any directive, nor intention, nor anything similar,\u201d he explained. He acknowledged that while there may have been unusual circumstances, they did not influence refereeing decisions: \u201cIs there something strange? Yes. But for us on the pitch, it did not affect us at all.\u201d<\/p>\n
Regarding Negreira\u2019s capacity to influence, Noval described it as \u201crelative.\u201d While the ex-vice president could adjust a \u201ccorrective index\u201d that impacted referee evaluations and career progression, Noval emphasized that direct instructions for specific matches were never given. \u201cYou could favor someone slightly by choosing a more permissive referee, less permissive\u2026 but beyond that, direct influence, saying \u2018in this match you have to,\u2019 really, no,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
Noval also shed light on the role of Javier Enr\u00edquez, Negreira\u2019s son, who acted as a sporting coach for referees. \u201cThe only thing we had related to Negreira was some talks from his son, who was a fantastic coach,\u201d Noval said, describing pre-match discussions as light and motivational rather than manipulative.<\/p>\n
Interestingly, Noval\u2019s comments about club interactions highlighted a stark contrast. While he noted that some clubs like Athletic Club occasionally provided small gestures or Russian teams gifted luxury watches, he reserved the highest praise for Real Madrid. \u201cI always say it: the team that treated me best as a referee was Real Madrid,\u201d he stated. Noval recalled that the club accommodated requests for family attendance at games and even invited his parents to exclusive boxes, including at the Emirates Stadium: \u201cThat is appreciated; we are people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The controversy surrounding Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Enr\u00edquez Negreira, former vice president of the Spanish Technical Committee of Referees (CTA),…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[49042,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-359667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-barcelona-news","9":"tag-soccer","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}