Referee management with positive balance after 1st matchday

Horacio Elizondo (left) with Amelio Andino.

Assumption.- The director of referees, Amelio Andino, and the advisor Horacio Elizondo, made a positive assessment of the refereeing performance after the first date of the Apertura tournament. Those responsible for the refereeing considered that there were no significant actions or errors that influenced the results of the games.

Both Elizondo and Andino indicated that the actions of the referees were closely monitored through a system of videos from their own sources, not from the channel that owns the rights, which makes control more effective.

In general, there were no complaints from the teams after the first match and the presidents of Guaraní at the time and of Cerro, on Tuesday, applauded the management of the referees last weekend.

Elizondo praised the judges’ willingness and highlighted the satisfaction with which they received “the feedback from their supervisors, with video analysis taking care of every detail” of the work of each of them.

Andino, on the same point, pointed out that the referees were previously called to “receive blows” and with this new modality they were able to analyze their respective decisions on the field.

Regarding net playing time, Elizondo considered the average of 50 minutes in our football to be low, but he added that this does not only depend on the referees, but the responsibility also falls on the teams.

They also announced that a talent program will be developed and that on a scale of 1 to 10, a grade of 8 will be the minimum required for referees.