Articles written by Iturralde González

In the wake of Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea's controversial refereeing display in the Spanish Super Cup first leg on Sunday, a lot of pressure will be on the shoulders of José María Sánchez Martínez...

Iturralde González

Cakir is the ideal referee for pressure-cooker atmospheres

Cüneyt Cakir is an official who is used to refereeing in highly charged atmospheres. After all, that's what he tends to be up against in Turkey...

Opinion

Martin Atkinson, problems in the penalty areas

Resident AS referee Eduardo Iturralde González runs the rule over the man tasked with officiating the Madrid Champions League derby at the Bernabéu.

ITURRALDE GONZÁLEZ

Approved goal-line technology costs four million euros

Goal-line technology: Barcelona were denied a perfectly legal goal against Betis in LaLiga, and have now demanded the use of goal-line technology, which is still not in use in LaLiga.

Laws of the game

Can you definitely pass the ball backwards at kick-off?

Football's new kick-off rule Today I want to discuss football's Law 8, "The Start and Restart of Play"