- Real Madrid have made multiple complaints about Spanish referees recently
- La Liga president Javier Tebas said Madrid ‘is a whiny club, it cries all day long’
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La Liga president Javier Tebas has dismissed Real Madrid’s latest complaints about alleged bias from referees.
Madrid have repeatedly made statements suggesting there is an agenda against them among some Spanish officials, while that sentiment has been echoed across the club’s media channels.
But Tebas this week urged the Spanish champions to stop crying.
He said: ‘We have had a lot of controversy over refereeing in recent weeks. The federation is not looking for a solution. Real Madrid TV, Real Madrid, is creating controversy and writing a false story and putting all football into question.
‘All the clubs complain, but Madrid puts the spotlight on it. It is an aggressive, verbal and manipulated story. I know many Real Madrid fans who do not agree with Real Madrid, which is a whiny club, it cries all day long.
‘They cry for the weekend, they will cry for the following weekend and it is all the fault of a conspiracy.’
La Liga president Javier Tebas has said Real Madrid ‘is a whiny club, it cries all day long’
Madrid’s most recent high-profile gripe with officials in Spain centres on Jude Bellingham’s red card against Osasuna on February 15.
Bellingham was sent off for using foul and abusive language after dropping the F-bomb following a conversation with referee Jose Luis Munuera Montero.
The midfielder admitted to saying: ‘F*** off’, apparently to himself, but denied saying: ‘F*** you’ towards Munuera Montero.
Madrid also complained to the Spanish authorities earlier this month following a 1-0 defeat by Espanyol.
A letter sent from the club insisted that goalscorer Carlos Romero should have been sent off for a foul on Kylian Mbappe. Madrid also claimed that the decision to disallow a goal from Vinicius Junior had been incorrect.
Madrid’s statement read: ‘What happened at the RCDE Stadium represents the culmination of a completely discredited refereeing system, in which decisions against Real Madrid have reached manipulation and adulteration of the competition that can no longer be ignored.’
Tebas responded to that statement by saying: ‘They are against everything. That is the reality.
‘Real Madrid want to damage the competition, not just the referees. They have constructed a narrative of victimhood that culminated in the statement they released the other day. It is not true.’
Madrid were furious last weekend after Jude Bellingham (right) was sent off against Osasuna
Tebas added: ‘We are going to file a complaint against the club and those who signed the letter and the board.
‘We are analysing it from a legal point of view because, of course, this type of letter cannot be tolerated.’
Madrid went into Sunday’s game against Girona at the Bernabeu just three points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona.
They also remain in the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League, having knocked out Manchester City in midweek.
But Carlo Ancelotti’s side failed to win this year’s Supercopa de Espana, losing 5-2 to Barcelona in the final in January.
