Barcelona’s legendary defender Gerard Pique has destroyed Real Madrid for “always” using referees’ performance as “smokers” to cover their shortcomings.
The 15-year-old Champions League winners wrote a letter of complaint to the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) on Monday when the La Liga function model was outraged by Alejandro Muniz Ruiz’s 1-0 defeat to Espanyol.
Carlo Ancelotti said it was “unexplained” that Carlos Romero It didn’t show a red card for scything down Kylian Mbappe, when the game was gently ready at 0-0. The defender Espanyol will continue to score the winning goal five minutes from time.
“The events that occurred in this match have exceeded any margin for human error or referee interpretation”, The The letter of the Association he said.
“What happened at RCDE stage represents the culmination of a completely unreliable arbitration system, in which decisions against Real Madrid have reached a level of manipulation and fraud of competition that can no longer be ignored.
“The two most serious arbitration decisions in this struggle have once again revealed the double standards that Real Madrid is mentioned.
“The violent challenge for Kylian Mbappe, from behind, in the beef and without the possibility of questioning the ball, held in the 60th minute of the match by Espanyol who will later end up scoring the winning goal for his team, deserving the immediate deportation , as pointed out by the World Press, ended with the referee’s decision, Alejandro Muniz Ruiz, to show only a yellow card without the VAR, with Javier Iglesias Villanueva as responsible, intervening to correct an obviously incorrect decision, leaving one or one or the one or the aggression that in any other contest would be an exemplary ratification.
Madrid’s complaints have been criticized by Pique, who made 616 appearances for opponents Barcelona During a prominent 15 -year position in the club, with the 38 -year -old declaring at an event at the protesting La Liga HQ, it is a model of behavior that has been presented for more than a century whenever they lose.
“The statement is a complete smoke screen because they have done it for 120 years and when they lose they have to talk about something else, because that’s what they want,” Pique said.
“The referee’s discussion will always exist and this is what they have always done in Madrid, activating ‘machines’ when things are not going well and we are used to it.”
The director of Barcelona Hansi Flick also broke in Madrid in the pre-Copa del Rey quarter-finals, stating that the actions of the defense The championship The champions will never be repeated in Catalonia.
“This is their choice. They do so. It’s not our way. I said there are no excuses and we’ll do it,” said former boss Bayern Munich. “Every club has a few reasons to say something. We are human. It’s normal in life. Everyone makes mistakes. Referees have tough jobs. We have to take care of them. This situation is not easy.
“When I arrived. I said no excuses. He doesn’t complain and I don’t blame. I don’t like that.”
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2025-02-05 21:30:00
