Florentino Perez is more than ever in the hot seat at Real Madrid. And to calm tensions and make himself heard, the president of Casa Blanca recently took the time to discuss certain subjects around an expected press conference. He notably distinguished between this season’s refereeing errors and the Negreira affair. “We are disappointed because the referee was bad in the quarter-finals. He did not realize that he had already given Camavinga a card a few minutes earlier. He made a mistake. But that has nothing to do with the Negreira affair”he clarified, without dwelling on this subject. Concerning the threat of legal action from FC Barcelona following its statements on Tuesday, it admitted.
“They would be entitled to do so. Barça admitted to having paid this money. For what? To fight against Real Madrid. They recognized him. These reports do not exist. The coaches didn’t see them either. 500 pages detailing everything that happened. Ceferin affirms that we are within our rights. This is systemic corruption, according to the investigating judge. La Liga is involved and remains silent. La Liga is the enemy of Real Madrid ». Then, he knocked out the rival. “Of course I like him (Lamine Yamal). How could I do otherwise? But given the current situation with Barça… I don’t want to have any relationship with a club that has been corrupting referees for twenty years.”.
