The Catalan Football Federation (FCF) has decided to suspend all futsal activity in Catalonia this weekend following a serious assault on a referee during a youth match in Canet. The measure, announced Wednesday night, affects all matches scheduled for February 27th and 28th and March 1st. The incident occurred last Saturday when a fan of CFS La Unión Santa Coloma de Gramanet threw a fanny pack from the stands, which struck the referee, knocking him to the ground. The incident, which happened just minutes before the end of the match, was the final straw for referees who are denouncing a "sustained increase in verbal and physical assaults in recent weeks." Therefore, the federation wanted to take a strong response to what it considers "absolutely intolerable" events.

The 2024-25 season was a grueling one for Spanish referees. The group has had to endure off-field incidents that have damaged the referees' reputation, in addition to rampant animosity. The breeding ground for this unsustainable situation comes from many sources: clubs have used social media to irresponsibly attack referees, Real Madrid Television has taken its assessments of referees to the extreme (even more), and even the president of the Technical Committee of Referees, Luis Medina Cantal, has also been criticized. refrigerators on a television program. If you add to all this a banner with the image of Carlos del Cerro Grande with a goal pointed at his head, the picture is worrying.

The appointment of Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea as referee for the Copa del Rey final has raised a lot of controversy among the refereeing community and has increased the indignation of the referees themselves towards their president, Luis Medina Cantalejo. The Seville-based leader of the Technical Refereeing Committee (CTA) has decided to leave César Soto Grado with a bitter taste in his mouth, who has been left without the his Final. Behind this choice lies a story of betrayal, political interests, and revenge that has been brewing for the past few days.