Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Arrecife, 1982) read one day in a media outlet that his name was in a report related to the Negreira case. A case that has robbed the arbitrators of their fundamental characteristic, which is “honesty”. This talk was going to deal with the level of arbitration and its general situation, also about Negreira, of course, but the Canary Islander has been silent for “nine months” and wanted to clarify what he and the arbitration have experienced since the FC payments were uncovered Barcelona to the vice president of the referees.

It is a difficult time for refereeing, but the president of the CTA said that this year was good. We are going through the most difficult moment that the refereeing team has ever had to face and it is something beyond our responsibility. The responsibility belongs to someone who was part of this house and who has betrayed us just because he had a link with a club. From the point of view of decisions, I think that this season, beyond specific errors, I think it is being better than last. The previous one took its toll on us [the Negreira case] emotionally, mentally, because in the end it is not easy to be there calmly and find a cake that you didn't even know about and have to face social and media condemnation. What did you think when the Negreira case? The first feeling was that it was fake. Then you see that there was a link and you have to accept it, which is a reality. Logically, explanations must be given to the people on the street, but they must be given by those who have paid and those who have collected, because they are responsible, and they have to explain why.. We, who were alien to that situation, cannot give any explanation because we do not have one. Did Negreira have a hand in the promotions and relegations? The power he had is something that those who were there at that time have to answer, because it was not a question of are you going to go up because yes, there was a technical committee. The relationship with us was practically non-existent. He called the ascended and the descended simply to communicate that information. Victoriano Sánchez Arminio, may he rest in peace, was the first to be surprised and betrayed by this situation.

SERGIO GONZÁLEZ VALERO MUNDO In a car, it is mentioned that these payments achieved their objective with a group of arbitrators. Well, but there is no exact evidence, from what I understand it is an assumption that is made based on logic and that will determine it the Civil Guard. Speaking of the Civil Guard, one media outlet stated that there is a report that mentions him due to an exponential increase in his assets. All the assets he may have fit perfectly with what I have been able to earn in my profession and have been obtained legally.. I have refereed 12 years in the First Division and 5 years in the Second. There are three properties, the report lies because it attributes me one in Las Palmas that I don't know. I bought the first one when Negreira was no longer there in 2019 and I did it by mortgaging it by 80% and the other two later, one that costs 89,000 euros in a humble neighborhood of Arrecife (Lanzarote) and another also on the island, which is €230,000. Finally, a parking space in the house where I live. Those are the prices and that is the reality. Is that what has made you suffer the most? I have been wanting to talk for 9 months. That your family has to put up with certain comments or simply the doubt of the people you meet when you go to school to drop off your girls…. I have had bad times in refereeing because of my decisions, but it is part of my job. But of course, this issue is a social sentence and it is unfair. It is unfair that someone has prepared a report where there is absolutely nothing illegal. Judicially, this issue worries me zero, because I have nothing to hide and if the highest standard in history is me, I put my hand in the fire for all my colleagues.

SERGIO GONZÁLEZ VALERO MUNDO And his most difficult match, speaking of football. The Sevillian derbies are the most complicated, they are the most difficult because of the emotions that are experienced there. And a match that I remember. I remember those from the last few years that I have was able to debut in the Champions League. It's another story, when you're there and the lineup plays, then the anthem…. It makes you forget everything I just said. Where do you go when you want to escape from all this? Lanzarote, not Arrecife exactly, but Lanzarote. If we go back to Lanzarote, tell me about the interview in which you said you wanted to be a referee with 11 years. It runs in the family, my uncle and my father were referees. They gave me the bug, I started going to classes when I was 9 years old and when I was 11 years old I made my debut, almost 30 years ago now and the truth is that it was a great decision because from the moment you try the whistle and direct your first game, everything changes, that is, the vision that you have of football becomes another, with the eyes of a referee. In that interview he mentions that his favorite team was Barça. Let's not lose the context, it is normal for an 11-year-old child to tell you that he likes the team that is triumphing at that moment. We give too much thought to a child's words. 31 years have passed. Also, I feel bad that that photo gets dirty.. It's a magical moment. It is the photo that I like the most of all the ones I have of my profession because when I was 11 years old I had the courage to jump onto a field to referee a match.

SERGIO GONZÁLEZ VALERO MUNDO In the Barça-Madrid dichotomy there is the issue of videos, I even think that you have a list of errors. What do you think about the issue of the videos? We are in a country where freedom of expression prevails. We have to work with that pressure, no matter who makes the videos.. The ideal scenario is that all football agents dedicate themselves to talking about football and forget a little about the referees and I am not talking about a specific club. There are other clubs with which there has also been criticism. How does a referee carry that backpack? I have played 211 games in the First Division, 30 or so in the Copa del Rey…. We are talking about hundreds of decisions, thousands, and it is normal that in some there are errors and also that some are right and are perceived as errors.. When you have been in the First Division for 12 seasons, if we dedicate ourselves to remembering the mistakes of the past, it would also be good to remember the successes. There is a great feeling with the footballers and with the coaches, it is a relationship of mutual respect. Beyond specific moments of tension, the rest is a media issue and we have to learn to live with it. Does the VAR help them improve in their profession? Without a doubt, the percentage of problems it solves is infinitely higher than the actions that remain in limbo. The debate focuses a lot on the mistakes that we make and that we are going to continue making because in the end we are people sitting here. There are plays that will always generate noise, but it is a tool that helps football and that football insisted on existing.. Florentino Pérez expressed his doubts in the Madrid Assembly about the offside frame. Same with the semi-automatic system…It is much more reliable, that is the reality. Because it is a system with I don't know how many cameras in the stadium that track all the footballers who see at the moment of the pass where each footballer is, the body position… It would clearly improve the analysis of offsides. Obviously, in the manual work of analyzing the frames, the actions, the lines, there may be small errors because in the end we are people.