José María Ortiz de Mendíbil Monasterio (11 August 1926 – 15 September 2015), also known as José María Ortiz, was a Spanish referee, active from 1953 to 1973. He was the referee of the replay of the

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Life and career

Mendíbil was born in Portugalete,

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, Spain. During his 18 seasons in

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, between 1953 and 54 and 1972 and 73, he led 241 league games. He was promoted to international status the seasons 1958 and 1959, and was in it until the end of his career. He was the referee when Inter Milan beat Liverpool 3-0 in the 1965 European Cup semi-final second leg in a controversial game which subsequently let to claims that he had accepted bribes to facilitate an Inter Milan victory. On 24 May 1972, he took charge of the European Cup Winners' Cup final played at the

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in Barcelona. The match between

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of Scotland and Russia's

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served up a five goal thriller, with Rangers running out 3–2 victors in the end. In his retirement, he was a partner in

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and pioneer in Spain with the programs of TVE, where he worked for 5 years, apart from collaborating in programs

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SER and Tele Bilbao. He died in Algorta, Spain in September 2015.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ortiz de Mendibil, Jose Maria 1926 births 2015 deaths People from Portugalete Spanish football referees UEFA Euro 1968 referees UEFA European Championship final referees Sportspeople from Biscay