Unprecedented scandal in Spain. The reason why Real Madrid wanted to boycott the Cup final with Barcelona
Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are going to play the final of the King Cup, tonight, from 23.00, in Sevilla, a match that was questioned, after “Los Blancos” have boycotted all the official ceremonies yesterday, upset that the federation did not change the brigade of referees.
Real Madrid – Barcelona, match with sparks. Photo Getty Images
The Madrid officially asked to replace the referees designated to officiate the game, considering that the central and those in the Var room are on the side of Barcelona. As RFRF refused, the Spanish champion canceled yesterday's training, boycotted the press conference in which coach Carlo Ancelotti and Veteran Luka Modric should have participated, and the club representatives did not participate in the official dinner.
The Real Madrid TV posted a video of over 3 minutes when showing moments when the referee Ricardo by Burgos Bengoetxea was seriously wrong in the matches in which he arbitrated the band “Whites”. The gesture of the Madrilen club brought another amazing moment to such a level, the central holding a press conference in which he cried in front of the journalists, revealing that his son is told that his father is a thief.
The referee of burgos, in tears, at the press conference. Facebook photo
Barcelona would not have won the trophy at “Green Mass”
After all, fixed 24 hours before the start of the match, Real Madrid announced that it will enter the field in the big match with Barcelona, at the pressures made by the Superior Council of Sport. If he did not, the regulation stipulates that his rival would not have won the King's Cup, but would have played against Real Sociedad, a team eliminated in the semifinals. But the consequences would have been devastating for Carlo Ancelotti's group. The club could no longer have taken part in the next edition of the competition and even if they received a modest fine (between 3,000 and 10,000 euros), it would have been forced to pay huge damages to the opponent, the federation and the sponsors.
Real Madrid communication
“Real Madrid considers inadmissible the statements made by the referees designated for the final of the King Cup, which will take place on April 26, 2025.
These statements, which, surprisingly, have drawn attention to the videos of a public means of communication protected by freedom of expression, such as Realmadrid TV, made premeditated 24 hours earlier against one of the final participants, demonstrates, once again, an animosity and a clear and express hostility of these referees to the Real Madrid.
More surprising statements, in a threatening tone, alluding to the unit of arbitrators, to announce alleged measures or actions that are far from the principles of fairness, objectivity and impartiality that should prevail just a few hours before a football event that focuses hundreds of millions of people from all over the world.
Given the severity of what happened, Real Madrid hopes that the RFEF and the referee profession will act accordingly, adopting the appropriate measures in defending the prestige of the institutions they represent. “
Florentino Perez, destroyed by the League president
The president of the League and Vice-President RFEF, Javier Tebas, enemy of President Florentino Perez, did not delay to attack his rival, by posting on the X network. “This is not football, it is power to take over. He does not like Tebas because he does not do what he wants. He does not like Cerfer because he does not want what he wants. He does not like Louzán because he does not do what he wants.
He doesn't like TV commentators because I don't say what he wants. He does not want progress in the reform of arbitration because it is not what he wants. And now, after the statements of the referees – the tired of the constant harassment from Real Madrid TV -, he responds as he knows: he cancels the press conference, he is missing from the training at Cartuja, ignores the official ceremonies of the King Cup and announces that he will not participate in the match with Barcelona.
What a thin skin! He does not protest, he pressure. He does not complain, he threatens. He does not agree, he punishes. He does not want to improve football, he wants his own football. And the worst thing is not to try. The worst thing is that many allow them, allow them and help it. “
