Real Madrid’s relationship with the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has been severed because of the way domestic competitions are officiated. Los Blancos feel that their choice is supported by the refusal to award a penalty for Kylian Mbappe’s challenge in the closing seconds of the match against Girona.
On Friday night, Los Blancos drew 1-1 with Girona, losing their third straight encounter. If Barcelona defeats Espanyol, it would give them a nine-point lead at the top of the table. However, Alvaro Arbeloa is more worried because his team has only won three of their previous seven La Liga games. In his news conference following the Mbappe ruling, he vented his anger.
Rafael Louzan, the new head of the RFEF, made an attempt to mend fences with Real Madrid towards the end of the previous season, holding many meetings with General Manager Jose Angel Sanchez. Luis Medina Cantalejo was replaced as the leader of the Referee’s Committee (CTA) by Fran Soto, and Los Blancos were granted a particular role in the changes.
Real Madrid break up with Spanish football after Girona draw
Referee Alberola Rojas rejected the requests and did not bring the French forward to the VAR monitor for review, despite the fact that he was clearly bleeding.
In his news conference following the game, Arbeloa condemned the non-call, calling it the most recent in a string of unfair refereeing calls against the team of his dreams. It’s a punishment for me both here and on the moon. And, well, it’s only one more. One more, one more week. According to Diario AS, he stated, “It is what it is.”
“I don’t believe anyone understands it, and I don’t. When does VAR enter the picture? When it’s convenient, I suppose, and when it’s not, well, it doesn’t. You already know what I think about it, as I mentioned yesterday.
Real Madrid has reportedly terminated all diplomatic contacts with the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) in protest of the “systemic bias” inside the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA), further escalating the repercussions from the Girona draw.
The action comes after a string of hostile broadcasts by Real Madrid TV, which formally called the current tournament “rigged” and “adulterated” because of the continued fallout from the Negreira scandal and the club’s alleged official partiality.
