This evening is not the meeting that should reconcile Real Madrid with arbitration. Engaged in an showdown for several weeks with the CTA (the technical committee of referees), and even more generally with the bodies of Spanish football, the Merengue club faced this Saturday Atlético, in a derby that smelled of powder … On paper anyway.
Because in the field, we will not take the bet to argue that the appetite of the spectators present at the Bernabeu, and even the viewers present in front of their TV post, was satisfied. The stars did not shine, the goals missed, and no one won (1-1). On the side of Real Madrid, on the other hand, a standard has been respected, namely the rumbles against arbitration. “Corrupción in La Federación (corruption at the Federation, editor's note)”had already started to chant club supporters on the penalty given to Julian Alvarez, after a fault of Aurélien Tchouameni sanctioned on the support of the Var.
Real Madrid TV broadcasts compilations of the referee of the match
Finally, the players of Carlo Ancelotti did not lose, since Kylian Mbappé allowed them to equalize in the second period (1-1) and to snatch the point of the draw. But on Real Madrid TV, the club channel, it was still the grimace soup at the final whistle. A journalist turned on a first wick by declaring: ” Tonight, the referee rushed to the Var to whistle a penalty which is not one, but last week, the Var did not even check the horrible tackle of Romero on Mbappé. There is really something that does not go with the arbitration system in Spain. »»
But the highlight of the show was probably this compilation of the alleged errors of the referee of the match, broadcast in full live. You will understand, Real Madrid was bad, and Carlo Ancelotti's silence at the post-match press conference said a lot of his frustration: “Atlético's penalty?” Without comment. No words on arbitration? No, I don't want to say anything. People who understand football do not understand these new penalties ”blowing Italian. His counterpart Diego Simeone, for his part, not wanted to overwhelm the arbitration: “He managed the best way, with his criteria and his decisions. For some, the fault of Ceballos would have deserved a red card (the Spaniard was only warned, editor's note), for others, it was not. He made a good match. »» Not sure that it will be enough to rally Ancelotti to his cause.
