Barcelona star Inigo Martinez has backed Copa del Rey closing referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea within the face of Actual Madrid criticism.
De Burgos Bengoetxea and his VAR official Pablo Gonzalez Fuertes discovered themselves as headline information forward of the ultimate.
Gonzalez Fuentes’ criticism of Actual Madrid tactic to broadcast movies of referees earlier than necessary video games precipitated a serious backlash from Los Blancos.
In a chaotic construct as much as the ultimate, Actual Madrid requested a change of referee on the final minute, and cancelled all coaching and media duties earlier than the sport.
Because the stakes ramped up, Actual Madrid relented barely, and issued an announcement denying rumours they had been planning to boycott the ultimate, if their calls for weren’t met.
The ultimate itself noticed stress on De Burgos Bengoetxea as he overruled a Barcelona penalty through VAR and rejected a Actual Madrid spot kick shout in additional time.
The true chaos erupted after the ultimate whistle, with Antonio Rudiger dealing with a prolonged ban for allegedly throwing an object on the officers, because the German defender despatched off alongside Jude Bellingham and Lucas Vazquez.
Martinez spoke out on the difficulty at full time with the skilled defender praising the officers for a troublesome evening’s work.
“I ship my congratulations to Richi and his staff of of officers; they’ve been at an ideal degree. I hope we are able to all do the identical,” as per quotes from Marca.
“It’s been very unfair to achieve the extent [of criticism] we did earlier than the sport and now we have to assist them. All of us fail in life and it’s arduous.
“No person likes to be in that state of affairs. I knew it might be difficult, with loads of fuss round it. I’m completely happy for him, he’s an ideal man whose professionalism by no means fails to fulfill the usual it ought to.”