Overview

• Chema Alonso stepped down from his CTA advisory role less than a month after being appointed to join Cloudflare as vice president and head of international development.
• LaLiga has pursued judicial orders since February to block IP addresses tied to Cloudflare, accusing the company of enabling illegal football streams.
• Cloudflare defends its server-masking service as a lawful cybersecurity tool and contends that misuse by pirate broadcasters does not justify sweeping blocks on its network.
• Alonso had emphasized that his CTA responsibilities were limited to preparing technology meetings and did not include oversight of VAR or referee appointments.
• His departure stalls the CTA’s early AI integration efforts and underscores growing friction between the RFEF-led refereeing body and LaLiga over technology governance.