The referee of the Las Palmas Committee, Alejandro Hernández Hernández, will direct the Spanish football classic between Barcelona and Real Madrid next Sunday, in which both teams play their chances of winning the title of LaLiga EA Sports (First Division).
The Technical Referee Committee (CTA) of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) confirmed on Thursday, May 8, the arbitration designations of LaLiga EA Sports (First Division), in which Barcelona, leader of the competition with 79 points, receives Real Madrid, which adds 75when 12 units remain to be played in the remaining four days.
It will be the fifth classic for the arbitrator of Arrecife (Las Palmas, Canary Islands), 42, who premiered in a duel between Real Madrid and Catalans in the Camp Nou, in the 2015-2016 season, resulted in Victoria del Real Madrid (1-2) on day 31, and repeated in the 2016-2017 campaign, on day 33, in the Santiago Bernabéu stadium (23).
The CTA again designated it for Barcelona-Real Madrid (2-1) of day 36 of the 2017-2018 season and for the tenth day of the 2019-2020 campaign, in Campo Barca (0-0).
This season, in the League, Real Madrid has arbitrated three times:
during his visit to Betis (2-1) on day 26; in the Bernabéu against Getafe (2-0) on day 15; and in the Balaidos stadium (Vigo), in front of Celta (1-2) on day 10.
With Barcelona, he has only coincided with his visit to Sevilla (1-4) on day 23, but he also arbitrated him in the first leg of the semifinals of the Copa del Rey against Atlético de Madrid (4-4), on February 25.
First division referee since 2012 and international since 2014, Hernández Hernández whistled the final of the 2016-2017 Super Cup between Barcelona and Sevilla (3-0) and, in the 2022-2023 season, the semifinal of this competition between Real Madrid and Valencia (1-1/4-3).