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THE REFEREE FROM CANTABRIA WILL OVERSEE THE CUP SEMI FINAL AGAINST SEVILLA

Fernando Teixeira Vitienes, will ref at the Sanchez Pizjuan

Fernando Teixeira Vitienes will be responsible for refereeing in the Sevilla-Atletico Madrid game in the Copa del Rey semi-final to be played at the Sanchez Pizjuan on Wednesday 27 (22:00 pm).

The referees Technical Committee has appointed Fernando Teixeira nd his team to oversee the second leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals between Sevilla and Atletico Madrid at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on Wednesday February 27th from 22:00 hours. He will be assisted by Victoriano Díaz Casado and Manuel Ángel Torre Cimiano. The fourth official will be Jose Antonio Lopez.

This season, he has led two Atletico Madrid games with mixed fortunes as Atletico beat Athletic Week 2 of this season with Atlético Madrid recrding a 4-0 victory, it was the match played before traveling to Monaco to play the Super Cup against Chelsea. The second meeting was in Mestalla and Atletico lost 2-0.

  
PHOTO: Courtesy of the RFEF

As for Sevilla, he has reffed three games, two at the Sanchez Pizjuan with wins for Sevilla, Zaragoza 3-0 and 5-1 to Betis in the derby, and one outside in the Romareda, with a draw (0-0) against Zaragoza.

He also directed the international friendly between Chile and Egypt (2-1), which took place last February 6 at the Vicente Calderon. His last game was Mallorca vs Getafe (1-3) last weekend.