Real Madrid consider competition to be rigged, allege ‘premeditated’ distortion by referees after Girona draw
Real Madrid consider competition to be rigged, allege ‘premeditated’ distortion by referees after Girona draw Real Madrid have been at war with the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) for a long time now, especially given how they feel they have continually been let down by the refereeing in La Liga. The RFEF has actively been working towards a new refereeing structure in Spain, one that promotes transparency and eliminates bias to the best level possible. However, Real Madrid do not see sufficient efforts being made and left the project at the nth moment despite being a part of the meetings up until that point.
Now, the rift has only widened. Serious accusations As relayed by AS in a recent report, Real Madrid feel heavily let down by the referees, especially after the recent draw against Girona where they feel they were denied a clear and obvious penalty. The club see the competition to be ‘rigged’ and ‘adulterated’, at least from a refereeing perspective, and believes the performance of the official Javier Alverola Rojas had a massive part to play in the result beyond the players’ poor performance.
Real Madrid were denied a penalty for a foul on Mbappe. (Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images) With every passing game, Los Blancos find more reason to widen the rift with the RFEF and have no intention of settling matters yet. Until the entire refereeing system changes, they will not look to normalise the relationship.
What’s worse this time, moreover, is that Real Madrid feel the referee’s decision to deny the penalty was ‘premeditated’ and not a mistake, raising a serious allegation. They believe that his firmness to stand by his decision despite being informed by VAR clarifies that he was always sure he would deny the spot-kick. As it stands, however, not much can be done regarding the refereeing and all that is in Real Madrid’s control is to improve the performance of the team on the field.