Real Madrid was hot, but Real Madrid took the three points. After an international truce fairly busy for the workforce of Carlo Ancelotti, the Merengues were back in business against the promoted Leganés, which struggles for its survival in Liga. An a priori easy match on paper, at Santiago Bernabéu, but which was still complicated and it took a double of Kylian Mbappé, with a penalty goal (32nd) and a goal on a free kick (76th), to take the three points against the club of the southern suburbs of Madrid. Jude Bellingham had scored the other Madrid goal on the return of the break.
But in the aftermath of this victory which allows the Real Madrid to pick up on equal points with Barça, which has a less match and will challenge Girona this afternoon, in Spain we only speak of the controversies linked to the refereeing that there was during this match. The first is none other than the penalty granted to Real Madrid transformed by Kylian Mbappé, with a contact between óscar Rodríguez and Arda Güler in the surface of Leganés. Pablo González Fuertes did not tremble and indicated the penalty spot. For a lot of observers, he shouldn't have whistled. Alfonso Pérez Burrull, former referee, for example indicated on Radio Marca that there should not have been a penalty.
Three litigious actions
Then, the fault whistled on Rodrygo on the free kick which gave victory to Real Madrid is also clearly questioned by many Spanish media and on social networks, since Renato Tapia would have touched the ball. Leganés even speaks of “Nonexistent fault” In his report on the match on his website. Some even go so far as to claim a Bellingham penalty and a possible expulsion after a possible misconduct on Diego Garcia, in the second half, while the Legans player was going to challenge Lunin.
In any case, on the side of Leganés we are clearly indignant. If the club account has made humor on its x account – “In addition to that we are also stolen an hour”in reference to the time of night change – the players have rage. “The players are very angry, we have seen the actions, they are indignant. We are very annoyed. (…) I have already said, the big clubs are not allowed to complain. I trust the referees, but we were unlucky. I hope the club will do something. Stop voice as other clubs do. The referee did not have his best play, as it can also happen to us ”launched the coach of PepinerosBorja Giménez. On the side of the Catalan press, we also cry out in scandal, not surprisingly,
