Madrid Reporter's Claim: Referees Fear Helping Real and Are Barça Supporters
Thomas Roncero made harsh remarks against Spanish referees.
According to "Sports Three", Thomas Roncero, a well-known expert of the El Chiringito program and deputy editor of AS newspaper, emphasized that the trust of Real Madrid fans in the Spanish refereeing system has reached a point where it seems difficult to restore it; A matter related to Barcelona's payments to Negira. He pointed out that every referee knows that helping Real Madrid will be a problem for him, while helping the Catalan team can bring him benefits.
Real Madrid is very angry after the events of last Saturday night against Villarreal at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. With a 0-1 victory and Jan Diomande's goal in the second half, the Galaxy won all three points of the match. However, all eyes were on Vinicius Jr., who was sent off for pulling Saliba's hair in a scene that eventually led to the Brazilian's goal.
The anger of the Realists went to the point that Jose Mourinho did not participate in the press conference after the match and none of the representatives of Real Madrid spoke to the media. Roncero, who is known to support Real Madrid, echoed this sentiment during his appearance on the recent "Carousel Canaya" program of the Spanish radio network. He believes that Real Madrid fans' distrust of the Spanish refereeing system has become an issue that is "impossible to reconcile with"; A matter that goes back to Barcelona's payments to Negira.
"These are the same people who were there during Negira's time or trained under him," Roncero said. The referee who made a mistake in favor of Barcelona, his condition would improve, he would get an international badge and he would be entrusted with judging the final of the Spanish FA Cup. This was their way of influencing the refereeing. It is impossible to change the situation until there are new referees who are not affected by these issues.
He added: "Every referee knows that if he whistles in favor of Real Madrid, he will be in trouble. But if he does this for Barcelona, everything will go well for him."
In the end, Roncero pointed to one of the most controversial incidents in Spanish football refereeing in recent years and said: "On the eve of the final of the Spanish Cup between Real Madrid and Barcelona, the two referees who were supposed to judge this match attacked Real Madrid in a press conference."
Roncero also defended the videos published on Real Madrid TV and the network's direct criticism of the refereeing system, saying: "Sometimes in life, you have to rebel against injustice. The videos published by Real Madrid TV contain real images and are not created by artificial intelligence.