Barcelona legendary defender Gerard Pique has exploded Real Madrid for “always” using the performance of judges as a “smoke” to cover their shortcomings.
The 15-year-old winners of the Champions League wrote a letter of complaints at the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) on Monday surprising the La Liga offices standard after being angry by Alejandro Muniz Ruiz's decisions in Sunday's 1-0 loss to Espanyol .
Carlo Ancelotti said it was “unexplained” that Carlos Romero Not a red card was shown to move down Kylian Mbappe when the game was delicately prepared at 0-0. Espanyol defender would continue to score the winning goal five minutes of time.
“The events that took place in this match have exceeded any difference for human error or the judge's interpretation,” club paper said
“What happened in the RCDE Stadium represents the culmination of a fully discredited judgment system, in which decisions against Real Madrid have reached a level of manipulation and violation of competition that can no longer be ignored.
“The two most serious decisions for judges in this match have once again revealed the double standards that Real Madrid referred to.
“The brutal challenge to Kylian Mbappe, from behind, in the calf and without the opportunity to compete the ball, performed in the 60th minute of the match by player Espanyol who would later end up scoring the winning goal for his team, deserving of the immediate expulsion by The World Press, ended with Judge's decision, Alejandro Muniz Ruiz, to show only a yellow card without VAR, with Javier Iglesias Villanueva as responsible, interfering to correct a clear decision of aggression that In any other competition it would have been an exemplary sanction. “
Madrid's complaints have withdrawn strict criticism from Pique, who made 616 appearances for rivals Barcelona During a prominent 15-year-old attack on the club, with the 38-year-old who stated at a La Liga headquarters that complaining is a model of behavior exposed for more than a century whenever they are lost.
“The statement is a full screen of smoke because they have done it for 120 years and when they lose have to talk about something else because that is what they want,” Pique said.
“Judges' conversation will always exist and that is what they have always done in Madrid, lighting” machinery “when things are not going well and we are used to it.”
Barcelona manager Hansi Flick also withdrew to Madrid in his pre-Copa del Rey appearance in the media, stating that defense actions Bonding The champions would never be repeated in Catalonia.
“This is their choice. They do it like this, it's not our way. I didn't say any excuses and we will do it like that,” said Bayern Munich's former chief. “Clubo Club has several reasons to say something. We're people, it's normal in life, everyone makes mistakes. Judges have difficult jobs. We have to take care of them, this situation is not easy.
“When I arrived, I said no excuse, no complaints and without blaming, I don't like it.”