A total break. This is nothing new, Real Madrid and Spanish referees have had a conflictual relationship for more than ten years. The fault, in large part, is the anger of Madrilenians over the “Negreira affair”, an investigation into alleged payments made by FC Barcelona to the former vice-president of the Spanish referees committee José Maria Enriquez Negreira between 2001 and 2018.
This conflict has just taken a whole new turn this Thursday. In a press release, the Spanish Association of Football Referees (AESAF), took the decision to file a complaint against Florentino Perez, Real Madrid TV, the club’s official channel, and Real Madrid Futbol Club.
An approach which is part of a desire to “protection of the dignity and moral integrity of football referees in Spain”. The union regrets that the president of Casa Blanca behaved in a manner that “serious, unjustified and systematic attack on the professional and institutional honor of the arbitration body. »
“ Systemic corruption that has lasted for two decades”
On May 12, during an official press conference at the Real Madrid training center marked by a sexist slip-up and multiple frontal attacks on the media, Florentino Perez attacked the pitch judges.
“ I have been here for many seasons and I have won 7 Champions Leagues and 7 Spanish championship titles, because the others were stolen from me. A systemic corruption that has lasted for two decades and it is always the same arbiters,” he assured, adding that he was “not not come here so that some referees get rich thanks to Barcelona’s money. »
