Madrid are convinced the refs are against them, to the point where they sent a letter to the Spanish Football Federation and the government claiming that the “Spanish officiating system is completely biased” and “structurally designed to protect itself” with backing from disciplinary committees under the federation.
The Marseille president, Pablo Longoria, has just been given a 15-game ban for accusing French referees of corruption after a defeat by Auxerre last Saturday: “This is corruption!
Longoria later backtracked: “Everyone explained to me what it [corruption] meant in French, because in Spanish it has a broader meaning.” Does chinny reckon have a broader meaning in Spanish too?.
Real Madrid’s Federico Valverde reminded us that officials are people too – just like us.
It is clearly unworkable for clubs to request who referees their games – not to mention what it says about Turkish clubs’ attitudes to their own officials.
