Real Madrid may be punished by Spanish football agencies after the majority of La Liga teams call for a form of reigning champion discipline in the arbitration debate in the tournament.
This happened after Real Madrid sent an official complaint to the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) after their controversial defeat against Espanyol on Saturday. The defending champion lost 0-1 on the weekend, with the controversial Carlos Romero when scoring the only goal for Espanyol after avoiding the red card to make the ball with Kylian Mbappe.
Real Madrid’s coach Carlo Ancelotti, criticized the referee after that defeat and said: “The referee’s decision and Var are unexpected. Everyone sees it.”
“The most important thing is to protect the player. It is a clear error, a very ugly ball in the ball. Fortunately, nothing happened in terms of injury, but Var ignored that behavior. I could not understand why the referee did not withdraw the red card. ”
Real Madrid sent an official complaint to RFEF against referee Muniz Ruiz and referee Var Iglesias Villanueva after the loss. In a 4 -page letter, President Florentino Perez requested a recording of the match and called for a comprehensive reform of the arbitration system in Spain.
Perez also called on RFEF to bring referees from the Premier League to raise the arbitration standard in La Liga as part of his proposal.
Real Madrid are now facing possible sanctions after an emergency meeting attended by directors of first and second division clubs, as well as La Liga president Javier Tebas and Technical Committee for Arbitration (CTA) president Medina Cantalejo.
The Spanish Relevo newspaper reported that most La Liga clubs were “united” against Real Madrid, the team did not attend the meeting on Thursday, and called for punishment for the European champion for causing it. Pressure on the referee.
“Real Madrid not only shows disrespect to other clubs and referees, but also shows that they do not want to be only one of them,” a source present at the meeting said.
“Previously, if you criticize the referee, you are afraid that they will ‘handle’ you at the weekend in the match. Now we are all sitting at the same table and it is great to work like this.” , a second -class player.