The meeting between Sevilla FC and Real Madrid was electric (1-1). But beyond the tensions between several players, including Sergio Ramos and Antonio Rüdiger, the performance of referee Mr. De Burgos Bengoetxea had annoyed the Madrid press and Carlo Ancelotti. In particular, a penalty would have been forgotten on Vinicius Jr, several fouls would not have been called in favor of Real Madrid and few yellow cards would have been distributed for the Andalusian players.
An arbitration which would have annoyed Real Madrid internally. Particularly before a decisive week for the Merengue club’s season, with a trip to Sporting Braga in the Champions League, then a trip to FC Barcelona, for a Clasico which could shake up the ranking of the Spanish Championship. Aware of this, Real Madrid intends to continue to put pressure on the refereeing body, since it considers itself wronged by the decisions of recent weeks.
Carlo Ancelotti criticizes referees
As stated A.S.Real Madrid intends to remain discreet on this subject during press conferences, but will not hesitate to address the subject on its channel Real Madrid TV and even asked Carlo Ancelotti to play the game before the Clasico. “Irony is the only solution. Because if I say what I think, I’m going to take a lot of matches. So to avoid suspensions, I use irony”he explained on the club microphone, after the match against Sevilla.
Through its president, José María del Nido Jr, Sevilla FC had also criticized these practices: “I ask Real Madrid to think, to stop carrying out this type of action which is not good for the competition”. Like Xavi, who defended the refereeing body: “There is a referee who decides. These are matches that one person must referee. I can’t speak for the referee. Everyone defends their own thing”. A means of pressure which should also make people talk in the Catalan press…
