The Spanish referee has shown 34 yellow cards and four red cards in his last three games
The evolution of the match between Sevilla and Linares prevented him from being the protagonist of the duel
At 34 yellow cards and 3 red what Mateu Lahoz he showed in his last two games, now we must add a new card, in the Linares-Sevilla match of the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey. In this case, due to the expulsion with a direct red card to Jorge Sampaoli. Ironically, the rival of the Sevilla team already warned him with a humorous poster.
The Spanish referee He did not hesitate to show the direct red card to the Argentine coach of Sevilla when he reproached him for an action after the first quarter of an hour of the Copa del Rey match that faced Sevilla against Linares Deportivo.
Everything indicated that, after the start of the game, the international referee would continue in his line of the last two matches he had refereed (Netherlands-Argentina and Barça-Espanyol), but the evolution of it prevented him from being the protagonist. And it is that Sevilla ended up beating Linares and the game he was practically sentenced in the first half without the tension making an appearance.