“The facts exceed any margin of human error or arbitration interpretation”
The Board of Directors of Real Madrid has filed a formal claim on Monday before the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) for the “serious arbitral performance” last Saturday at RCDE Stadium, which, according to the white club, exceeds “any margin of human or interpretation error “, and demands the” comprehensive reform “of the arbitration system in Spain.
“The events occurred in this meeting have exceeded any margin of human error or arbitration interpretation. What happened in RCDE Stadium represents the completion of a completely discredited arbitral system, in which decisions against Real Madrid have reached a level of Manipulation and adulteration of the competition that can no longer be ignored, “the letter sent by the Madrid entity to the federative agency begins.
In the brief, with a copy to the Superior Sports Council (CSD), Real Madrid denounces “the two most serious arbitration decisions” suffered before the RCD Espanyol that show “the double standard with which Real Madrid is arbitrated”: No Expulsion of Carlos Romero after an entrance to Kylian Mbappé and the goal annulled to Vinícius Jr. in the 21st minute.
“The brutal entrance to Kylian Mbappé, from behind, on the twin and without any possibility of playing the ball, made in the 60th minute of the game by the Espanyol player who would later end up scoring the goal of the victory of his team, deserving of The immediate expulsion as the world press has revealed, ended the referee’s decision, Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz, to show only yellow card without the VAR, with Javier Iglesias Villanueva as responsible, intervened to correct a manifestly erroneous decision, leaving unpunished An aggression that in any other competition would have meant an exemplary sanction, “he said.
In this regard, he pointed out as “particularly serious” that the collegiate “misrepresent” what happened in the minutes that the action occurred in the ball dispute, and pointed to the statements of Carlos Romero himself after the party ensuring that he tried to stop To Mbappé as he could. “(Carlos Romero) could not be clearer: there was no intention to dispute the ball, but the express will to stop the adversary at any price with an inadmissible action not only because It entailed for the physical integrity of our player, so the decision of the referee and inaction of the VAR results from unquestionable gravity, “he said.
The penalty annulled Vinícius in the 21st minute for a previous foul of Mbappé is the other decision questioned by the club, which qualifies the goal as “absolutely legal”. “The images show that in this play who was subject to previous fault, a clear pen Even the collegiate to review the play on the monitor, “he said.
In addition, he assured that the alleged adoption of disciplinary measures by the Technical Committee of Referees sending “the fridge” to Muñiz Ruiz and Iglesias Villanueva accredit “the seriousness of the adopted arbitration decisions and the inconsistency of the current arbitration system.” “The problem is not solved with late and individualized sanctions when decisions taken directly affect the result of the competition. What is really needed is a structural reform that prevents these facts of Real Madrid and the integrity of the championship, “he said.
On the other hand, Real Madrid demanded that the RFEF “the immediate delivery of the Audios of the VAR” between the Vor room and the field referee in the two controversial plays. “This arbitral scandal is not an isolated case. The Spanish arbitral system is completely and structurally designed to protect themselves, with the support of the disciplinary committees dependent on RFEF itself, which systematically refuse to sanction the referees, modify sanctions Arbitrary and, ultimately, maintain a system that has already been qualified as fraudulent by ordinary justice itself, “he said.
In this regard, he affirmed that “the serious structural problems of Spanish arbitration have been evidence scandal and erosion of the credibility of the system, there has been no real reform or an effective purification of responsibilities, “he continued.
In addition, he reiterated that what happened in RCDE Stadium “is not an isolated episode or a mere arbitration error.” “It is the most recent and rude manifestation of an arbitral system whose credibility is completely eroded, not only because of the accumulation of decisions that have put it under suspicion, but by its own structure, designed to operate without effective control and outside any demand of impartiality. affirmed.
Thus, it considers that this “institutionalized clientelism” makes arbitration an “untouchable power within the Federation itself, ensuring its perpetuation without even the greatest scandals being sufficient to promote, in a real way, a structural reform in its operation.”
“The arbitral inaction against racist insults (…) not only aggravates the problem, but adds a new discredit factor to the arbitration system and RFEF itself. And meanwhile, the reality is that the arbitration and disciplinary structure continues to work Without changes, perpetuating a system that has proven to be corrupted from within, that only worries the protest to the referees and any other complaint or manifestation that shows the reality of the Spanish arbitration system or does not like those responsible scandal generated by this last party is not an isolated event or a minor incident, but the unequivocal confirmation that the competition is vitiated by arbitration decisions whose justification is unsustainable, “he continued.
“Real Madrid cannot accept that the competition remains governed by an discredited arbitration system, whose main responsible, far from being separated, continues to exercise determining functions in decision -making. It is not enough with superficial changes; the only way to restore credibility of the Spanish arbitration requires a comprehensive reform that includes, as an essential element, the replacement of those referees whose link with stages under suspicion compromises the legitimacy of the system and perpetuates its lack of transparency, “he said.
Thus, Real Madrid insisted that it is not enough “with surface adjustments or with the application of protocols that do not alter the bottom of the problem”, or “calls to empty meetings of real content, which actually have the sole intention of perpetuating a system that in judicial terms has been qualified ‘as systemically corrupt’ “. “The arbitral system must be renewed in its entirety, from its structure to those who integrate it, establishing effective control mechanisms that prevent the scenario from reproducing Spanish football to this situation of absolute discredit,” he concluded.