Referee named for Madrid Derby between Real Madrid and Atletico de Madrid
The Spanish Football Federation appointed Javier Alberola Rojas as the man in charge of the Madrid derby on Saturday between Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid which will be played at Estadio Metropolitano. It will be the third derby for Alberola Rojas.
Real Madrid has a record of 11-2-3 with Alberola Rojas in charge, while the Atlético record is 10-4-4. With him as a referee, each team has a victory and a defeat in the derbies.
It is sure to say that each decision he makes will be under the microscope given the treatment that Real Madrid has received Spanish referees so far this season. In addition, Atlético de Madrid is always a very intense and physical team when it plays derbies in the Metropolitano, so Real Madrid will have to be ready to fight and equal this kind of physics if they want to leave with the three points of this Madrid derby.
