Real Madrid may boycott Copa del Rey final over referee comments | Copa del Rey

Just 24 hours before kickoff, the Copa del Rey Finals risked not moving forward after Real Madrid demanded that the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) take action following comments from referee Ricardo de Burgos Benguetoxa in the accumulation of the game.

Madrid did not expressly ask officials to be removed from his duties and publicly threatened to boycott the match, but refused to show up for pre-match press conferences, training sessions, or photocalls from managers, and did not rule out no shows on Saturday evening.

Carlo Ancelotti and Luka Modric were scheduled to speak to the media at 7:15pm local time in Seville, but they didn’t show them as journalists were waiting for them. There was no announcement at the time, and Madrid did not explain the decision later.

They also did not accept requests to RFEF to remove De Burgos Bengoetxea or video assistant judge Pablo González Fuertes. However, a statement released an hour later described their statement as “deliberate” using “threatening tone,” demonstrating “manifesto hostility” against Real Madrid.

The club accused the judges of “announcing supposed actions far from the principles of equality, objectivity and fairness, and millions of people around the world should win just hours before the football event.”

On a Friday evening, they were considering their position. “I’m calm. The final will take place,” claimed Federation President Rafael Luzan just before 9pm. On his way to appear at dinner before the event soon, Judgment Committee president Luis Medina Cantarejo said they are working towards the upcoming matches. Madrid was not present.

If Madrid doesn’t show, they face a one-year ban from competition, with fines facing between 3,000 euros and 12,000 euros (10,200 pounds). For 11 years they’ve been waiting Classico Finally, when it finally came, it was the screenplay judge.

Madrid was angered at a pre-match press conference where de Burgos Benguetoxa and Gonzalez Fuertes spoke about repeated criticism of the referee on television channels. I pressed the center stage to expose it and created the hero of the preview. Both men appeared to have the message that they would be streaming 24 hours before the game.

When asked about the pressure they are in, Gonzalez Fuertez, particularly from TV in Real Madrid, warned of the impact on younger officials, saying that they need to take stronger action. Meanwhile, De Burgos Bengoetxea cried as he spoke about the impact he had on his children.

“Real Madrid CF believes that it will not accept the official statement made today by the referee appointed to the Copa del Rey Final,” the club said in a statement. “These comments were made in a planned manner 24 hours ago. [kick-off and] Again, he shows clear and clear hostility and hostility towards Real Madrid against one of the finalists.

“Given the severity of what happened, Real Madrid expects the RFEF and the judgement facility to act accordingly and will adopt measures related to the defense of the agencies they represent.”

De Burgos Bengoetxea was visibly upset when he spoke to the media earlier in the day. “When the kids go to school and people tell him that their dad is a thief, that’s a mess,” the official said. “All I can do is educate my son that he knows his father is honorable, show him what the judge is, and everyone looks back at where we want to go. I want you all to know, that’s very difficult.”

“It’s more than it’s said [in the videos]Gonzalez Fuertez said, “It’s the result of what’s been said. The frustration that comes with fans talking about robberies and using bad words is that boys and girls picking up whistles to play kids games will ultimately end up paying. That’s the result of putting a target on the heads of their colleagues. We won’t allow it to continue to happen.”

That was the first press conference of the day. The Barcelona press conference was at 5:15pm, during which Hansifrik said “we need a judge.” Madrid was scheduled to appear in two hours. However, as they did at the Ballon d’Or ceremony in October, they didn’t show up and canceled everything. There are no press conferences with trophies, no training sessions, or handshakes between the coaches. President Florentino Perez had already decided not to attend institutional events.

The RFEF later confirmed that Madrid had told them they would not be participating in the prematch activity.

The league’s president, Javi Tebas, tweeted, “This isn’t football, it’s about power.” In a message clearly directed towards Perez, he wrote: “It’s so thin. He doesn’t protest, he puts pressure on him. He doesn’t threaten. He doesn’t agree, he won’t punish him. He doesn’t want to improve football. He doesn’t want his football.

Madrid wanted the federal to remove de Burgos Bengoetxea from the judge’s judge, taking into account what they deemed a conflict of interest, and not directly or publicly demand that it happen. Subsequent statements ceased to openly repeat the threat.

Instead, their position was expressed through media close to the club’s hierarchy. Carlo Ancelotti was scheduled for the La Cartuja press room at 7:15pm local time, but no one came. His team will be on the Cultural pitch for a 10pm kickoff on Saturday night.