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Actual Madrid boycott El Clasico last PC after referee’s tearful rant, accuse him of ‘animosity’ earlier than Barcelona conflict
On the eve of the Copa del Rey last between Actual Madrid and FC Barcelona, a storm erupted between Actual and the match officers, throwing preparations into chaos and casting a shadow over Spanish soccer’s showpiece occasion. The dramatic flip of occasions unfolded after Actual Madrid accused the ultimate’s refereeing group of harbouring “animosity and hostility” in the direction of the membership, following an emotional press convention by match referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea.
The referee broke down in tears whereas responding to a vital compilation aired on Actual Madrid TV (RMTV), which highlighted what it described as a sequence of officiating errors made by De Burgos all through his profession. The membership, shocked by the referee’s public response, subsequently boycotted all pre-final media obligations, a call it described as stemming from “unprecedented astonishment.”
Whereas the Spanish media closely reported that Actual thought of boycotting the ultimate, too, the membership later confirmed that it had no such intentions.
A Actual Madrid supply advised Reuters that the press convention represented “a transparent battle of curiosity” and mentioned the membership believed the refereeing group needs to be modified, although they’d not formally requested replacements.
Later within the night, Actual issued a strongly worded assertion, defending RMTV’s video underneath the banner of free speech and doubling down on their issues about bias. “RMTV is protected by freedom of expression,” the membership mentioned. “The match referees had a transparent and manifest animosity and hostility… in opposition to Actual Madrid.”
Actual urged the Spanish Soccer Federation (RFEF) and its Refereeing Committee to step in: “In view of the seriousness of what has occurred, Actual Madrid hope that these in cost… will act accordingly, adopting the corresponding measures in defence of the status of the establishments they symbolize.”
Referee’s remarks
In an emotional second, De Burgos advised reporters, “When a baby arrives at college and his mates inform him that his father is a thief, it makes you sick.” Defending his integrity, he continued, “What I do is attempt to educate my son to inform him that his father is an sincere man, that he makes errors like every other sportsman. It is very onerous, I do not advocate it to anybody.”
He known as on Spanish soccer to replicate: “It isn’t proper what we’re going by way of for a lot of colleagues… Let everybody replicate on the place we need to go, on what we would like from sport and from soccer.”
VAR official Pablo Gonzalez Fuertes, sitting beside De Burgos, hinted at collective motion from referees. “In a couple of days you all will see. We’re going to make historical past and we aren’t going to proceed to place up with what we’re placing up with. A strike? You should have information from us quickly.”
Actual described these remarks as “threatening” and inconsistent with the impartiality anticipated earlier than such a serious fixture.
Barcelona supervisor Hansi Flick additionally weighed in, urging empathy and steadiness: “For me, it is solely a sport. It is solely a sport. It is solely soccer… It’s our duty to guard not solely the gamers however all of the individuals concerned within the sport.”
