Real Madrid continues its fierce battle against the Technical Referee Committee (CTA), after the controversial defeat last weekend against Espanyol. They sent a strongly written statement to the Spanish Football Federation at the beginning of the week, in which they called the “discredited” and “corrupted” referee system. In addition, they have chosen boycotting Thursday’s meeting at the offices of the Federation.
Many prominent figures in all Spanish football have talked about this matter in recent days, and the last to go, this has been the true sports director of Betis, Angel Haro, according to Marca.
“Tomorrow we will be there in Madrid (for the meeting), and of course I do not share the statement of Real Madrid. In his expressions, I think that unnecessary pressure on the arbitration collective is exerted, something he had already been doing through the different videos (with Real Madrid TV). I think there are things to improve, but it should be done from a serene dialogue where there is no action in front of the gallery or in a populist way.
“I think that all of us who are involved in this activity have to be honest: the arbitration collective, the federation and the clubs, but those statements certainly do not help. What is more, also from my point of view, the Spanish Football Federation has been warm. Betis has rarely issued statements and statements have always been due to specific problems or errors that at some point we have determined that they are rude. And you must remember that when that happened, the Federation has been totally overwhelming with Betis. It is true that it was another federation, but I think we have to be a bit more forceful and not allow this type of statement to become happy, because if not, we are all going to destroy football. “
It will be interesting to see how Real Madrid advances in this matter, but for now, they do not seem to go back.