Actual Madrid are reportedly contemplating leaving La Liga after playmaker Jude Bellingham was handed a purple card of their most up-to-date league sport towards Osasuna.
Over the weekend (February 15), Los Blancos took a visit to El Sadar, the place they performed out a 1-1 draw with Osasuna. Whereas Madrid dropped factors within the title race, the most important headlines have been targeted on the controversy surrounding Bellingham.
Within the thirty ninth minute, the 21-year-old Englishman spoke to referee Jose Luis Munuera Montero, who instantly brandished a straight purple card.
The referee claimed that Bellingham had shouted “f*** you” at him, however the playmaker argued that he had mentioned “f*** off” in frustration to himself. Following this, a report from Spanish outlet SPORT (by way of Day by day Mail) has claimed that Actual Madrid are considering becoming a member of one other league in Europe. The membership are reportedly trying to be a part of Bundesliga, Serie A or Ligue 1.
The Spanish giants, seemingly annoyed with the requirements of officiating within the nation after a sequence of controversies, have written a strongly worded letter to the Spanish FA. The letter referred to as the refereeing system “fully flawed”. It additionally referred to their loss to Espanyol as “the latest and gross manifestation of a refereeing system whose credibility is totally eroded.”
Notably, of their 1-0 loss to Espanyol on February 1, Carlos Romero was not despatched off for a harmful sort out on Kylian Mbappe. He went on to attain for Espanyol, resulting in Actual Madrid’s open letter.
La Liga president Javier Tebas has slammed Actual Madrid for open letter
After the damning letter from Actual Madrid was printed on the membership’s web site, La Liga president Javier Tebas slammed the membership. He instructed that Los Blancos didn’t present options to discussions about refereeing requirements in Spain throughout earlier conferences.
Talking in regards to the letter throughout a gathering with golf equipment, Tebas admitted that the Spanish giants’ TV channel had usually repeated the diatribe towards referees (by way of Day by day Mail):
“I used to be under no circumstances shocked by Actual Madrid’s letter, because it doesn’t say something totally different from what their tv channel has been repeating for a while.
“Many people advocate a radical change within the arbitration system, shifting nearer to the English or German mannequin, with a totally totally different organisation and rather more transparency in all of the structural selections of Spanish arbitration.”
Within the meantime, Los Blancos will flip their focus in the direction of the UEFA Champions League, the place they face Manchester Metropolis within the playoffs on the Bernabeu on February 19.
Edited by Sudeshna Banerjee