Iturralde Madrid loses 40% of their road games

Iturralde arbitrator in the Molinón. It will be the second match between Sporting and Real Madrid to lead and the precedent is not good for whites. It was April 7, 1996 and Atletico took the victory at the Bernabeu (0-1) ... And is that the Basque holds the record for being the referee has whistled more defeats of Madrid at the Bernabeu, six. Interestingly, his grandfather Gorostiaga Iturralde, who directed the first two visits Real Madrid to El Molinón, is the second in the list with five.

Today is the first game of the season as a referee Iturralde white.And the Real Madrid wary. Besides losing record at home, the Madrid lost to him 40% of their games at home: six losses in 15 crashes (see chart below). In addition, all that said penalties against Madrid away from home were important for all of them were in meetings in which Madrid lost points: first of Merida in the 95-96 (2-2) 97-98 in the Celta (2-1) and Mallorca in the 05-06 (2-1).

Polemics. In Madrid no one forgets what he did in the 5-0 Camp Nou. With 2-0, Christian Valdes clearly dropped. Yellow was the second goalkeeper and 57 minutes remaining. In addition, he starred in the return of the Super Cup against Valencia, 2008: Van der Vaart expelled before the break, and Van Nistelrooy, just start the second half. The mother was nine, but a great match Robben allowed whites to win the title (4-2) ...

For the Sporting will be the second meeting of the campaign as a referee Iturralde, after the 4-0 against Atletico at the Calderon.Their last six games with Basque have resulted in three draws and three losses (see balance sheet below). His last victory was the May 31, 2009 at the Recre: 2-1. Of course, in 14 crashes, they have not driven any player.

Iturralde, who will retire at the end of the season, and has been featured before. On Monday, Twitter, wrote: "Wow week I wait between pros, antis, cons and trolls. The end is going to be fun."This created reactions and decided to close your account "by means of contamination." Finally, on Thursday told RNE: "The Villarato is as weapons of mass destruction in Iraq