Real Madrid vs Atlético: Refereeing controversy and criticism of Vinícius and Mbappé

I mean, you're telling me that when Real Madrid is benefited by some action, Atlético Madrid fires off tweets, sends people to the press.

Miguel Ángel Gil Marín. He comes out, right?

Yes, yes, yes. And when it's the other way around, we have to respect each other, we have to love each other.

It's like Barça, like Laporta. The league is rigged, but when he says something, then he has to be respected.

Yes, it's the same, it's the cynicism that's out there. But anyway.

The truth is, it can be said— Simeone and, and Mourinho can say whatever they want at the press conference.

The clear and unequivocal fact is that Kang-in Lee came within moments of fracturing Federico Valverde, and the referee, who was nearby, was completely negligent, he didn't want to send him off, the VAR people didn't want to send him off, they didn't make the decision, they made a bad one

Cuti's play with, with Jude Bellingham and the match ends like this. Today, the story many will tell is that Real Madrid are six points behind Barcelona, which is, is a fact, the math is exact and, uh, Barça are playing much better, which is also a reality,

we’re not going to deny it. But these kinds of errors, these kinds of refereeing situations, naturally make us think badly, make us think badly, because somehow, Mr. Velasco, the beneficiary, besides Atlético de Madrid, turns out to be Barcelona, which by work and spirit— by the work of the Holy Spirit, benefited for

so many years from the Negreira case. Exactly.

So, forgive me for thinking badly, but it’s— it already seems normal to me in Spanish football.

With that kind of thing, if anyone definitely had even the slightest doubt, this settles it, right? It... it confirms, sorry, what happened.

Truly regrettable, terrible, right? The, uh, refereeing was, was very, very bad.

But anyway, fighting like this, right? A-against all those kinds of things is very complicated.

Now, regardless of that, you have to give credit, uh, uh, in terms of Atlético de Madrid's approach, it was good.

I mean, Giuliano Simeone did very well, right?

Helping defend, attacking the flank that, that...

Madrid's flank with Vini had to be neutralized, right?

With, with Cucurella, who went unnoticed, whose overall play needs to improve, that's a fact, but with refereeing like this, as you say, the Negreira matter, well— Now— We're back to it again, aren't we?

I mean, wrapping up the officiating issue, Tibu.

We can talk about Vinicius being invisible once again, Mbappé didn't do anything, literally. He didn't create a single dangerous chance, not even a missed, blocked, or saved shot, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing.

I think Diomandé came into the game well.

Mm-hmm. He ended up creating a dangerous chance even though Real Madrid were down to one man fewer.

But once again, Real Madrid fall short in a big match at the Metropolitano.

It ends up steering the conversation, because, let's see, Mourinho's thing, honestly, I love this kind of character, taking out the photo and all that at the press conference. And he says it for a reason too, with the whole calling for justice, because it was crystal clear,

and I agree with you all, that they were red cards. Uh, that said, and it's a shame that this is happening with Spain's league and that in such an important match, there have been these kinds of situations where Real Madrid ends up being harmed. Real Madrid also lacks that balance of saying:

"Today, it's costing us much more." And the star players who didn't show up as expected.

I said on Friday that Vinicius usually has very good matches against Atlético de Madrid.

That wasn't the case this time. Mbappé, who had been on a spectacular run, also wasn't able to show himself. So— and the defense, don't even, don't even get me started.

So, I think it's also time for now comes the Real Madrid's self-criticism, for this FIFA break to come so that the coaching staff work on certain details, so they can analyze video all the time and know that this twenty-day break from club football comes at a great time for them

to come back, improve, and still get back into the competition, because the league still has a long way to go, even though those are three very important points lost in the race for the league title.

I'd say, Pollo, to, to wrap up wh- wh- what I want to say, is that the serious thing isn't that the referee didn't send off Kang-in Lee or that VAR didn't intervene, but that the person— the one in charge of the league, the league president,

48 hours later, or 24, says they weren't red cards.

That's the serious thing. That's the serious thing, because then you can no longer, you can no longer think either badly or well, there's already a line.

That same week, against Barcelona, in the match against Sevilla, they disallow a one-on-one play with a player due to Christensen's alleged injury.

And no one comes out to criticize the referee who does that.

The two-all, which later became eight-two because Lamine Yamal got angry and scored five goals, and Raphinha scored another five.

But at that moment, it was Sevilla's goal, a scoring play, and you stopped it, and you didn't stop it by chance. The same week it comes out that Barcelona lends Tebas money because he has a problem with the Tax Agency.

What's happening in Spain isn't healthy, these aren't coincidences, these aren't random occurrences. It's crystal clear where this is all going.

Can't UEFA get involved there? Or shouldn't— UEFA, UEFA already— Shouldn't UEFA step in and say, hey?

UEFA has already gotten involved, and instead of punishing Barcelona, it’s giving them the Champions League final on the 29th. UEFA isn’t going to intervene.

For me, there are two, two solutions. Florentino realizes they’re after him, and resigns for the good of the club.

There’s no longer any resignation so you’ll leave, they’re after you, leave the club in peace or try to change leagues. There’s no other possibility.

Hey, and if he resigns, can’t he take Hausen with him?

I mean, no, he can’t say, “I resign and I’m going to”