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24th February 2025 12:44:08 PM
2 mins readBy: Abigail Ampofo

La Liga president Javier Tebas has sharply criticized Real Madrid for their recent complaints about refereeing decisions, labeling the club as 'a crying club'.
Over the past season, Real Madrid has made it a habit to put pressure on referees before matches. Their official channel, Real Madrid TV, frequently highlights decisions that they believe unfairly go against them, allegedly aimed at influencing upcoming matches. However, their complaints have reached a peak in the last month.
Earlier in February, Real Madrid drew 1-1 with Osasuna. During the match, Jude Bellingham was sent off by referee Jose Luis Munuera Montero after using offensive language towards the official. Subsequently, Real Madrid accused La Liga referees of bias and claimed there was a conspiracy against them.
Tebas responded by calling out Real Madrid's behavior and specifically criticized club president Florentino Perez, referring to his leadership style as 'oligarchic'.
In an interview with The Objective, Tebas said (as quoted by Diario AS): “We have had a lot of refereeing controversy in recent weeks. From Real Madrid TV, Real Madrid puts the controversy and writes a false story and questioning all football. It is a verbally aggressive and manipulated story. I know a lot of Madridistas who don’t agree with Real Madrid, who are a crying club – they’re crying all day. They cry for the weekend, they will cry for the following weekend and it is all the fault of a conspiracy.
“It makes an excessive one of the VAR. From the ‘OK Jose Luis’, Florentino called the president of the Federation, Rubiales, and since then it has been used excessively. We want to change the refereeing system. If you do a survey of other clubs they will say that Real Madrid and Barcelona are the most benefited, but they don’t have television to say it. RMTV is the only media that is with this story.
“Florentino’s football deceives people. It represents oligarch football, it represents only football for the rich. He wants to decide everything, the money that is distributed. My Madridismo is hibernating, but from time to time I get blown up. A part of Real Madrid is having the mistake of venerating everything that Florentino does, of saying that everything is fine. Real Madrid should have an independent opinion. I’m happy when Real Madrid wins. I was very happy when Real Madrid won the Champions League. I’m a Madridista, not a Florentinista.”
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