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jenni_blogWhat a game! Valencia had two men sent off, Atletico was robbed of a penalty kick and the referee was relieved of his refereeing duties. The score was 4 - 1 for Atletico Madrid.
Picspam and article on the suspension of Alfonso Perez Burrull below.
Following is an article reprinted from goal.com on the referee's suspension:
Atletico referee given his marching orders
Referee Alfonso Perez Burrull has paid the price for his mistakes in Atletico Madrid's 4-1 victory over Valencia.
He will now not take charge of a match next week.
Perez Burrull was supposed to oversee Osasuna's game against Getafe but the Comite Tecnico de Arbitros (technical committee of referees) has announced that he and his assistant will be replaced by Mejuto Gonzalez and Novoa Robles.
The 44-year-old denied Atletico two penalties - one of which appeared a stonewall spot-kick when Atletico winger Jose Reyes was scythed down by Ever Banega inside the box.
And there was more controversy to come.
Atletico's Sergio Aguero looked set to bundle his way past Carlos Marchena in the area but his progress was stopped illegally as the Valencia defender, whilst lying on his back, stuck out his arm to block the ball.
Perez Burrull was not interested, but he soon found himself surrounded by furious Atletico players and, after consulting with his fourth official, eventually awarded the spot-kick and showed Marchena a red card.
Last year, Perez Burrull found himself frozen out for a month after ignoring two clear penalties against Juanfran in Osasuna's match at Real Madrid and, to add insult to injury, he then sent the Osasuna winger off for two yellow cards - one for protesting the first decision and the other for diving in an attempt to claim the second.
Picspam and article on the suspension of Alfonso Perez Burrull below.
Following is an article reprinted from goal.com on the referee's suspension:
Atletico referee given his marching orders
Referee Alfonso Perez Burrull has paid the price for his mistakes in Atletico Madrid's 4-1 victory over Valencia.
He will now not take charge of a match next week.
Perez Burrull was supposed to oversee Osasuna's game against Getafe but the Comite Tecnico de Arbitros (technical committee of referees) has announced that he and his assistant will be replaced by Mejuto Gonzalez and Novoa Robles.
The 44-year-old denied Atletico two penalties - one of which appeared a stonewall spot-kick when Atletico winger Jose Reyes was scythed down by Ever Banega inside the box.
And there was more controversy to come.
Atletico's Sergio Aguero looked set to bundle his way past Carlos Marchena in the area but his progress was stopped illegally as the Valencia defender, whilst lying on his back, stuck out his arm to block the ball.
Perez Burrull was not interested, but he soon found himself surrounded by furious Atletico players and, after consulting with his fourth official, eventually awarded the spot-kick and showed Marchena a red card.
Last year, Perez Burrull found himself frozen out for a month after ignoring two clear penalties against Juanfran in Osasuna's match at Real Madrid and, to add insult to injury, he then sent the Osasuna winger off for two yellow cards - one for protesting the first decision and the other for diving in an attempt to claim the second.
