For the second weekend in a row, Real Madrid appear to have ended a La Liga match with the feeling of being affected by referees. In Saturday’s Madrid derby, which ended in a 1-1 draw, the hosts were of the belief that the decision to award a penalty to Atletico Madrid in the first half was not a correct one.
Those associated with Real Madrid felt aggrieved at the decision, and although Carlo Ancelotti opted to bite his tongue on the matter, Real Madrid TV did not, as per Diario AS.
“There is absolutely nothing, the ball had already passed and it is Lino who is going to look for Tchouameni. The problem is that Soto Grado has his image frozen to make it look like the Frenchman is stepping on him, they are manipulating the images from the VAR because they show him when the toe of Tchouameni’s boot is on top of Lino, if you see the play later you realize that Lino dives in an unnatural way.
“We are facing the team most favoured by the system and by the VAR. There is absolutely nothing. It’s amazing. That he went to see this… De Burgos Bengoetxea is outrageous. I would leave the field. The most favoured team by the system. They have just awarded him a penalty. This is unfortunate. The filthy Negreira league.
“It’s not a penalty. Lamentable. New refereeing scandal. This is what De Burgos Bengoetxea and Soto Grado wanted, and what Medina Cantalejo wanted and what Spanish football wanted. What we are witnessing is absolute embarrassment. But how can they whistle this penalty! It is another day of embarrassment, and another new scandal.”
Real Madrid have already complained to the Spanish Football Federation after last weekend’s 1-0 defeat at Espanyol, during which Carlos Romero escaped a red card for a high challenge on Kylian Mbappe. It remains to be seen whether they take another step in the coming days after this incident.
E-mandavid
94
This show how much Real Madrid always needs the ref and var help to win a game. How many easy penalties have they been given and they will never talk about it. But they want to complain when their player leg is stretched out wild in the box and stepping on the opponent foot.
Shmonny
66
Asencio won 5/5 duels, completed 49/51 passes… and got dribbled past ZERO times 🫡
Rusaemotuz
54
This Real Madrid are so childish...how can they say the ball was already release and making a fault doesn't count...they only know how to complain about others...just look back the penalty of Endrick diving inside the penalty box from 2 metres outside the box and they still complain about a clear penalty.
MuraliCR7Forever
49
we all know who has been cheating for ages
Jacob_Kip
34
And yet here they're complaining, whining and fuming!
timmydad
20
This was a quite robbery, the same ref was the one who haven’t given this as a penalty “saying that the ball have already left Vini foot” besides if you look at the photo correctly you will see that Tchoumeni doesn’t even step on the feet of Lino.
vokdikprz
19
Arguing with Barcelona fans is useless. No matter what becomes of Barcelona, they will never reach the Real Madrid level. Trophies, prestige, stadium innovation, very wealthy president, club of the century, profitable, worldwide fan base.... this is Real Madrid.
Fidelityguy
13
To be honest the VAR didn’t show the Ref the best angle to have a clear vision of the incident and to me it wasn’t a penalty because no contact with his leg whoever. They robbed Madrid again