The dust hasn’t settled on the Real – Almeria game, on the contrary. After completing a stunning comeback from 0-2 to 3-2 with a 99th minute goal against La Liga’s last placed team, Madrid became the subject of criticism as much as referee – VAR judge duo Hernández Maeso and Alejandro Hernández. There were three VAR decisions during the game and they all went against Almeria, who ended the game with no points and without a coach, since he was red-carded due to protests. Among the ones who commented on the events was Barcelona’s coach Xavi, who was asked by the journalists about the events and he replied by saying that if it wasn’t for those (and other) mistakes in Real games, the Catalans would have six points more. But today came the response from Madrid. 🎙️| Joan Laporta told @mundodeportivo if the Federation should take actions against Real Madrid TV for them making videos on referees.🗣️ “Absolutely. This is what I have told the president of the Spanish Federation. The Technical Committee of Referees depends on the Spanish… pic.twitter.com/AR9rUcEer2— Barça Buzz (@Barca_Buzz) January 23, 2024 President Florentino Perez always wants to look like a gentlemen who is above slagging in the media, so he has Real Madrid TV to do the ‘dirty work’ for him. They are the ones who create documentaries about La Liga referees and their mistakes against Real or in favor of Barcelona and then publish them ahead of some big match in order to put the additional pressure on that referee. And today the TV’s director Jesús Alcaide spoke of Xavi and the ongoing ‘Negreida’ case,“It is curious that Xavi Hernández finds things that happen in LaLiga strange and it seems normal that practically throughout his entire football career, for 20 years, his club has been paying the vice president of the referees around 8 million. I insist, during Xavi ‘s entire career . For 20 years. They are a total, we have counted, of 600 games of Mr. Xavi Hernández ‘s career as a FC Barcelona player. Those 600 matches are under suspicion. It’s the reality. His club is accused. The entire time when Xavi was a player is being investigated of FC Barcelona. All this is a smokescreen to justify everything that is happening and to not talk about the Negreira Case that is under investigation by the judge, the Civil Guard and the Prosecutor’s Office. This It is what it is” he said. Vinicius on controversial goal: ‘We always do it on Copacabana beach’In the meantime, Barcelona’s president Joan Laporta also spoke of the Real – Almeria game. “What happened at the Bernabéu was a shame. I think that the refereeing team has to respond to a series of pressures that have occurred throughout the season with the referees. If they do not respond, they leave us very uneasy, because we understand that there is an abandonment of functions” said Laporta. ##NAJAVA_MECA_7821961##
