Mateu Lahoz: Iniesta is the player I felt most uncomfortable around on the pitch Barcelona The midfielder felt Lahoz was in the way

Referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz will be going to officiate at the World Cup and before travelling to Russia he has sat down to discuss a number of topics to do with refereeing.

One of the topics was the positioning of the official on the pitch and he explained that he had some issues with Andres Iniesta, as the former Barcelona captain often felt that Lahoz was getting in the way.

"The great citizen who we are going to miss [Iniesta] is the player I have felt most uncomfortable with on the pitch," he said in the interview with Gol's 'El Protagonista' programme.

"He's the only one who got annoyed by my positioning on the pitch.

"They [Barcelona] are a team where it's very difficult to positon yourself [as a referee], but I need to be around there."

He also spoke about the arrival of technology in football and explained that referees must work so that the essence of football isn't interrupted by constant breaks in play.