The tension is at its paroxysm on the other side of the Pyrenees. On the sidelines of the third clasico of the season between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, this Saturday evening (10 pm) in the King Cup final, the Merengues decided to rot the avant-match.
After the pressures carried out by Real Madrid TV on the final referee, Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea, who melted in tears at a press conference on Friday, the White House decided to boycott the official events planned upstream of the match. Worse, the Madrid club even asked for the official to be replaced.
In a statement published on Friday evening, the residents of the Bernabéu qualified ” unacceptable public declarations made today (Friday) by the referees designated for the King Cup final “And wanted”
RFEF and arbitral body officials will act accordingly, by adopting the measures necessary to defend the prestige of the institutions they represent. »»
Castaldi: “This club is shameful. Quite simply “
This lamentable attitude of Real Madrid does not fail to react. On his X account, Giovanni Castaldi did not mince his words about the Madrid training. “” This club is shameful. Quite simply “Wrote the journalist for the Channel L'Equipe.
Despite the Cinema of Real Madrid, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has decided to be inflexible and not to change the referee. For its part, Casa Blanca would think about the possibility of not competing for the King's Cup final, according to
Marca.
