The RFEF rendered its disciplinary decisions after the explosive final of Copa del Rey lost by Real against Barça. On the one hand, the red card at the end of the match was purely erased; On the other, the overwhelming images of a verbal altercation … and a projectile launched towards the referee suggests to twelve exclusion games.
The English environment had been expelled for “Aggressive attitude”. However, the commission judged, a support video, that it “was neither proximity nor threat”, dismissing the report of the referee of Burgos Bengoetxea. Result: no suspension and a possible return from the next day of Liga, crucial for the Madrid podium race.
Rudiger faces a heavy suspension.
The defender's case is much darker. The cameras show a flood of insults, a throw of ice and a sustained verbal contact with the arbitral body. The texts provide up to twelve matches for this type of offense, a sanction that would end his season – especially since he already treats a heavy knee injury. Real is preparing a defense, but the player's history complicates advocacy.
Bellingham whitewashed by video
Carlo Ancelotti (or his successor) will therefore be able to count on Bellingham for the final days and, potentially, a clasico against the decisive Barça for the title. On the other hand, the hinge is decimated: Alaba again injured, Militao irregular, Carvajal always stopped. If the maximum sanction falls, Florentino Pérez could speed up the Saliba file for the summer.
The indulgence towards Bellingham soothes the English clan of the locker room, but the probable long banishment of Rüdiger relaunches the debate on internal discipline. Madrid savor an offensive stay, while dreading a defensive hemorrhage which could seal a season already without a domestic trophy.
