True Madrid’s in-residence Television channel has accused referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea of primary a ‘mission’ to dent their LaLiga title hopes in a furious 4-moment video just after their defeat at Barcelona.
Madrid have been crushed in the dying minutes of Sunday’s El Clasico at the Nou Camp, with Franck Kessie turning property a stoppage-time winner for the hosts proper.
The victory prolonged Barca’s direct at the best of LaLiga to 12 details with as several matches nonetheless to perform, leaving them in a potent place to come to be champions.
However, True believe that they have been pushed more out of the title race for the reason that of a refereeing agenda versus them, accusing Bengoetxea of purposely ‘harming’ Carlo Ancelotti’s guys to go away them trailing in Barca’s wake.
After their defeat on Sunday, Authentic Madrid Tv set, by means of Activity, created a furious four-minute clip highlighting the official’s different ‘mistakes’ at the Nou Camp and declaring they exhibit a crystal clear conspiracy against their club.
But Madrid believe they were being on the improper finish of a refereeing conspiracy in Sunday’s match
The video commences with the phrases: ‘Unfortunately, El Clasico had a name of its very own: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea, who alongside one another with his faithful squire in the VAR, César Soto Grado, took demand with their selections to distance Actual Madrid from any prospect of battling for the title.
‘But absolutely nothing surprises us any more about a referee who generally hurts Madrid with his blunders. We previously understood that with De Burgos Bengoetxea we would have to struggle towards twelve.’
The clip then points to a selection of alleged problems that ‘prevented Madrid’s victory’ in Catalonia, beginning with a foul on Nacho by Sergi Roberto in the 15th minute, which Los Blancos imagine need to have resulted in a yellow card.
They also insist Robert Lewandowski need to have been booked for a foul of his own 15 minutes later, just before claiming Roberto and Gavi both of those deserved to be sent off later on in the game.
‘Two attacks and recurring fouls that De Burgos Bengoetxea missed,’ the narrator suggests. ‘At 88′, Gavi, without the need of the ball and with a obvious intention to damage, appears to be like back again, stops, and nudges [Dani] Ceballos. 2nd purple card forgiven Gavi.’
Even so, Madrid’s biggest frustrations arrive with two crucial choices in the final 10 minutes of the video game the 1st of which noticed them denied a winner by VAR in the 82nd moment.
Just after Marco Asensio slotted residence from near variety, the video assistant considered he was marginally offside just before doing so and subsequently ruled out his strike.
And to rub salt in the wounds, Kessie went and snatched all a few factors for Barca in the second minute of stoppage time regardless of Lewandowski showing to barge Dani Carvajal to the ground in the build-up.
The club’s in-home Tv set channel have accused De Burgos Bengoetxea of generating various ‘mistakes’ on the evening, this sort of as not sending off Sergi Roberto (centre)
They also insist Marco Asensio must not have viewed a late winner of his have disallowed
Asensio was denied a intention in the 82nd minute of the activity for a marginal offside simply call by VAR
Madrid Tv set are also adamant Kessie’s aim ought to have been dominated out for a foul in the construct-up
Genuine TV’s video proceeds: ‘The two referees experienced a mission: to leave Madrid out of the combat for the League . And De Burgos and Soto Grado were not going to miss the prospect to do it. That is why in the ultimate minutes we noticed two plays that we nonetheless do not have an understanding of.
‘In minute 81, Asensio scored the winning purpose and VAR annulled the goal for an alleged offside. They justified their determination with some unfortunate strains, a centimeter up and a centimeter down, by eye, as it suits them.’
Rounding off their extraordinary rant, Madrid accuse Bengoetxea of concluding a ‘dream match’ for the officials by enabling Kessie’s objective even with a ‘clear foul’ on Carvajal beforehand.
Tensions between Madrid and Barca have been now rising just before Sunday’s El Clasico following the former announced previously this month they would be joining the complaint submitted by Spanish prosecutors against their El Clasico rivals for corruption.
Barca have been accused of creating payments to former vice-president of the Spanish referees’ committee Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, who ‘in exchange for money’ carried out actions that would direct to them ‘being favoured in the conclusion generating of the referees’.
Following backing the prosecutors’ criticism, Madrid president Florentino Perez cancelled the customary El Clasico dinner with Barca counterpart Joan Laporta just before selecting not to attend Sunday’s match.