Article by Daniel Grigore – Published Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 12:42 / Updated Wednesday, May 13, 2026 12:50
On Tuesday, Florentino Perez (79), the president of Real Madrid, announced, in the context of the “Negreira case”, in which Barcelona is accused of paying the former vice-president of the Referees' Commission for 18 years, that “we are preparing a file of 500 pages, which I will send to UEFA as soon as the championship ends”.
In press conference held on TuesdayFlorentino Perez warred with several real or imagined enemies. He could not help but take advantage of the attention focused on him to launch a new attack in the direction of the rival club, the champion Barcelona, with reference to the “Negreira case”, in which the Catalans are being investigated for payments made for 18 years to outfit companies by the former vice-president of the Referees' Commission, Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira.
“There's also the systemic corruption in the Negreira case. The fact that we have to listen to the Referees Commission saying these are things we should forget… How can we forget, when we are preparing a 500-page file that I will send to UEFA as soon as the competition is over?
I have already spoken to them, because there is no precedent in the history of world football. How could I forget the biggest corruption case in football history?“, Florentino Perez asked rhetorically.
This is what the 500-page file prepared by Real Madrid for UEFA contains!
Meanwhile, the Madrid newspaper AS presented the contents of the file prepared by Real Madrid: alleged refereeing mistakes committed against them in the last two seasons.
Blanco management claims that refereeing errors would have deprived them of 15 points this season, with which they would currently be above Barcelona. There is also a video to support these allegations.
Real Madrid also complained that they are the team most disadvantaged by video referee interventions. There have been 14 such situations this season, in 11 of them the decisions taken were against Madrid. On the other hand, Barcelona has +5 in decisions made in their favor after VAR interventions.
The mistakes cited by Real Madrid
Round 12, Rayo Vallecano – Real Madrid 0-0
Three alleged missed penalties: 22nd minute, Bellingham held by Chavarria; minute 47, Guler pushed by Pathe Ciss; in overtime, Mbappe kept in the opponent's box. Result, minus two points.
Stage 14, Girona – Real Madrid 1-1
Girona's goal came in a phase where the visitors called a foul in attack on Kylian Mbappe, pushed as he was dispossessed. Then, in the 80th minute, Rodrygo was tripped in the opposing box by Joel Roca, but neither the “central” whistle nor the VAR intervened. Result, minus two points.
Stage 15, Real Madrid – Celta Vigo 0-2
Real Madrid claim that Borja Iglesias was not sent off in the 58th minute for an elbow on Jude Bellingham and that Alvaro Carreras should have been awarded a penalty in the 79th minute when the score was 0-1. On top of that, she feels disadvantaged by the eliminations of Fran Garcia and Carreras in that match. Result, minus three points.
Stage 25, Osasuna – Real Madrid 2-1
In the 34th minute, Budimir falls into the opponent's box. “Central” Quintero Gonzalez gives him a yellow card for simulation, but VAR Figueroa Vazquez intervenes and the referee changes his decision, awarding a penalty. Real Madrid argue that VAR had no right to intervene at that stage, since the referee on the pitch had not made a clear error. Minus 1 point.
Stage 30, Mallorca – Real Madrid 2-1
The Madrilenians claim a penalty not granted at the start of the match, for a handball committed by Pablo Torre. On top of that, in the 90th minute, Mallorca scored the winning goal from an erroneously awarded free kick, Real claims. Result, minus 3 points.
Stage 31, Real Madrid – Girona 1-1
In the 88th minute, Mbappe is elbowed in the face by Vitor Reis and chooses with a broken arch, but the referees do not award a penalty. Result, minus two points.
Stage 32, Real Betis – Real Madrid 1-1
While leading 1-0, Real Madrid called for a penalty after a handball by Ricardo Rodriguez. The phase was not analyzed again because the referees erroneously sanctioned an alleged offside to Jude Bellingham. Then, on Betis' goal, Real believes that a foul should have been whistled on the duel between Antony and Ferland Mendy. Result, minus two points.
With these 15 points, Real Madrid would now be leading.
