Actual Madrid had been in pole place for La Liga, having constructed a seven-point lead over Barcelona and a four-point hole to Atletico Madrid over the previous two months, however their good run got here to an abrupt finish towards Espanyol on Saturday night time. A late Carlos Romero objective condemned Los Blancos to their seventh lack of the yr.
Nonetheless their shortcomings had been barely mentioned after the match, as Actual Madrid fumed concerning the choice to not ship Romero off for an earlier problem on Kylian Mbappe. Actual Madrid have launched a video that suggests La Liga referees are corrupt. In the meantime on the identical night time, Carlo Ancelotti referred to the choice to not produce a crimson card as ‘inexplicable’.
This sense of indignation extends to the dressing room. As reported Diario AS, the Actual Madrid gamers consider that the referees are towards them, and that the choice to not ship Romero off was intentionally made to wreck Los Blancos. They are saying the fury coming from the Actual Madrid gamers has few precedents.
There was an air of incredulity within the Actual Madrid dressing room after, and past the Romero choice, they really feel they need to have had a penalty for a handball by Jofre Mateu. There may be bitterness over the truth that Vinicius Junior’s objective was additionally chalked off on account of a transparent foul by Kylian Mbappe previous to the objective.
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Such was their frustration, that not one of the Actual Madrid gamers spoke to the media within the combine zone after the sport, be it with different media or that of the membership. They most popular to stay silent, having thought of placing out an announcement.
The incident happens simply days after Royal Spanish Soccer Federation President Rafael Louzan spoke brazenly about Actual Madrid attempting push change to the refereeing system in Spain on him.