Death threats in the Bellingham case, it's going too far

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By: Manu Tournoux

The controversy around Jude Bellingham's red card in Liga raged this weekend.

The English international was expelled for the second time in his career at Real Madrid during the 1-1 draw in Liga against Osasuna. Bellingham was expelled just before half-time after an altercation with the referee of the match José Luis Munuera Montero following a free kick from Osasuna.

The former midfielder of Borussia Dortmund said that the problem that led him to be expelled was due to a linguistic barrier. Carlo Ancelotti supported his number 5 on the subject by saying that it was a misunderstanding and that Montero had made a mistake in his call.

The problem was exacerbated by divergent interpretations of Bellingham's words to Real Madrid, indicating that his four -words insult could be understood as “do not do me” in Spanish, which does not seem to be his intention in English . Bellingham sought to draw a line on this case by declaring that he would no longer comment on this subject.

Real Madrid should call on its expulsion and, according to the previous ones, it is good to win on the basis of a similar case involving the former player loaned by Getafe, Mason Greenwood. Bellingham will know his fate in the coming days with a possibility of at least one suspension match.

However, in parallel with the attention paid to Bellingham, the wave of criticism against Montero reached a boiling point, the referee having made a daring decision.

The threatened referee

According to Mundo Deportivo reports, the experienced referee was forced to deactivate the comments on his Instagram account after receiving nearly 100,000 mentions on his last message, including insults and threats against him and his family.

Among these remarks, there have been threats to kill or injure Montero, and La Liga should ask for an investigation to improve the security of its referees this week.