In the minutes before the final, when the players of both teams go out to inspect the grass and the cameras focus on them, the other protagonists of the duel, the refereesthey usually go unnoticed. But a final is also special for them, as was clear on the green of La Cartuja.
Movistar captured the walk of Cordero Vega, fourth referee, next to Alberola Rojas, main judge of the Copa del Rey final. The Cantabrian was giving a talk to Alberola, some words that were picked up by the cameras and that were surprising when they were revealed.
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An unusual speech
“Let them play or not play. It’s your fucking game“, says the fourth referee to the main referee in that harangue. And he insists on giving importance to his teammate’s work: “It’s a spectacle, you are going to favor the show“.
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And it ends with a phrase that has attracted attention, due to the unusual nature of hearing a referee speak in those terms: “People want to party, give them a party“.
