Overview
- Real Madrid have filed their case with the RFEF Disciplinary Committee seeking to overturn Dean Huijsen’s red card from the win at Real Sociedad, with a ruling expected this week.
- The Technical Committee of Referees has judged the on-field dismissal to be wrong but maintains VAR was right not to intervene because it did not meet the “clear and obvious” threshold.
- Huijsen is currently unavailable for the upcoming Espanyol match unless the committee rescinds the suspension before kickoff.
- Marca reports that VAR official Jorge Figueroa Vázquez has been taken off assignments in a so‑called “neverazo” linked to the incident, a step the CTA has used in other recent cases.
- A separate contentious sending-off for Castilla midfielder Jorge Cestero has intensified club concerns, and Madrid are compiling a dossier on domestic officiating with plans to raise the issue with FIFA, per ESPN and club communications.