Real Madrid was sentenced to victory on Sunday evening against Athletic, a few days after this big European disappointment and this elimination in the Champions League quarter -finals against Arsenal. Fortunately for Carlo Ancelotti and his men, Fede Valverde managed to score the one and only goal of the game in the additional time of the second period, allowing his family to stay 4 points from Barça in the Liga ranking.
Enough to reconcile the Bernabéu a little with its players, and even if Kylian Mbappé was copiously whistled, other players like the Uruguayan were ovationed. But above all, the Madrid club has, via its television Real Madrid TV, made new criticisms of arbitration. For months already, Real Madrid plague against the referees of the Spanish championship, as well as the schedules established by La Liga for the meetings, and he still attacked men at the whistle after the victory against the Basques.
A plot to offer La Liga to Barça?
Several actions are controversial, in the eyes of the Madrilenians at least: the goal canceled at Vinicius Jr because of an endrick offside at the start, as well as a possible unpilled penalty on Jude Bellingham. The official media of the club also disseminated images of the duel between Barça and Celta, complaining of the non-experts of Raphinha and the penalty which was granted at the very end of the game. It is a third-world system. “It is laughing in the face of football fans in general and Real Madrid. It's a huge shame ”we have heard for example.
“In this new football, we whistle these penalties when they are against Real Madrid. This season, it happened with Camavong against Osasuna. If that was a penalty, why wasn't it a penalty on Bellingham tonight? Martinez Munuera (the Abitre, editor's note) had already stolen a Liga in Real Madrid a few years ago, and he was about to sign a double ”also launched one of the workers of the Madrid channel, accusing the referees of wanting to give the Liga to the Barcelona. The liga is more than ever under tension …