On Saturday, Real Madrid lost points again in La Liga by drawing 3-3 against Rayo Vallecano. However, the defending champions, who had come back from 2-0 down to lead 3-2, were furious at the refereeing performance of Juan Martínez Munuera.
According to Real Madrid TV (via Diario AS), Carlo Ancelotti Martínez Munuera’s team was denied a series of important decisions, including two penalties.
“A disastrous refereeing once again, which has failed to give two very clear penalties. The first, a push to Güler that has not been called and, the second, a kick from Mumin to Vinicius that has not been called either. Before that play, Vinicius was galloping on the counterattack and was caught. It was then that Vinicius turned and asked the referee to show him a yellow card. Can you guess who Martínez Munuera gave a card to? Vinicius, who misses the game against Sevilla due to an accumulation of cards. This tires us, it sounds familiar to us many times. This smells burnt. Two points are lost on really difficult terrain.
“Today Martínez Munuera has once again made very serious mistakes and always in the same direction. In a match that ends 3-3, these two actions are decisive. It is an arbitration tendency always in the same direction. This is what happens in this filthy Negreira league. Then you can talk about sports issues and Real Madrid’s problems, but that is not the important thing. The important thing is the filthy Negreira League that Real Madrid has suffered again today. Do we have to improve things? No doubt. But the filthy Negreira League does not invite us to talk about football, it invites us to talk about the fact that there is always a victim, which is Real Madrid. You are missing two points to fight for La Liga.”
Real Madrid will not be happy with losing points in Vallecas, especially since they have now given up the lead they had over Barcelona, who can be four points clear (having played one more game) if they defeat Leganés on Sunday.