Excitement before final against Barça
Referee cries for real – club reacts with boycott
04/25/2025 – 9:57 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The discussions about the scheduled referee at the final of the Copa del Rey between Real and Barcelona have escalated. Madrid reacts with a boycott.
Real Madrid is angry about the election of the referees at the final of the Copa del Rey against FC Barcelona. Before the game on Saturday in Seville, a critical video about the referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea, which had made disadvantage for real decisions, was shown in the TV station of the traditional club on Saturday.
The referee immediately rejected the criticism and attacked Real. The club of coach Carlo Ancelotti therefore canceled the traditional press conference on the evening before and also the training before the game, reported Spanish sports instructions. Real did not officially confirm this at first.
“Real Madrid CF considers today’s public statements to be unacceptable for the final of the Copa de Sm el Rey on April 26, 2025,” said an official statement by the club. The referee and some of his colleagues had commented in a “impending” tone. Real now expects the necessary measures for “the severity of the incident” from the Football Association RFEF “. Real left it open.
In some sports media, there were even rumors that Real could cancel the game against Barça under the German coach Hansi Flick if the referees were not exchanged. However, others reported, citing club circles, that was rather unlikely, also because around 30,000 admission tickets had already been sold to Madrid fans.
De Burgos Bengoetxea had further angered the Madrilenes when he reacted emotionally to real criticism in a press conference: “If her child goes to school, and others tell him that his father is a thief ‘, and then it comes home, then that is blatant,” he said in tears: “I always say that his father is honest, and that he can make mistakes, and like everyone Athlete. ” De Burgos Bengoetxea has been on the list of FIFA referees since 2018.
Dealing with impartial in Spain has been an issue for several months. In February, Real Madrid had repeatedly publicly criticized the services of the impartial. José Luis Munuera Montero met, who had then been tackled badly on social networks and even received death threats.
Previously, Real had already out for all -round in a four -page fire letter. It needs a “complete” reform of the referee. The system has proven to be “corrupt from the inside”. The club broadcaster had always shown videos in which the referees had been put together.