Corruption investigation re. Clasico
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Cardenal (president Spanish Sports Council): "The linesman should come forward. This is 2015, no one should be afraid of retaliation."
Don't be afraid
Don't be afraid
Barcafan 2304
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Just because we are paranoid doesn't mean they ain't out to get us! Agree with your summation
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The club's financial vice-president stated:
"I hope it does not prove to be true."
"We will possibly discuss at it a meeting of the board."
"All I can say at the moment is that if it is confirmed, it will be dangerous story in terms of the prestige of La Liga."
"I hope it does not prove to be true."
"We will possibly discuss at it a meeting of the board."
"All I can say at the moment is that if it is confirmed, it will be dangerous story in terms of the prestige of La Liga."
serghei
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I don't think Real Madrid had anything to do with this. I don't remember insane mistakes being made in the clasico in recent period. Yea, there was that Ronaldo penalty outside the box, but at full speed, it was very hard to spot it. If the pressuring thing is real, it's probably not connected to the Madrid club per se.
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Ghostmaster
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Well maybe because el clasico is such a high profile match and also in the complaint it's says that main referee is in a spot light by media and fans so the linesmen have to make important decisions against Barca. That makes sense.
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serghei
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Except the linesmen have been very good in the clasico usually. I remember a 50-50 case at Neymar when Ramos was sent off. The referee just allowed the attack and he could have easily called offside as Neymar was maybe just fractionally leaning off with his shoulder. Ibra's goal was also 50-50 and it was not called offside, Villa's goal in the 5-0 as well, 50-50. Di Maria's goal in Copa del Rey was also a very close call and it was allowed in the spirit of the game, just as ours were. I don't see a pattern of illegality here, sorry.
So, no, I don't buy it. Maybe some madridista idiots tried to put pressure on the refs, but the clasico is refereed fair imho, with some mistakes for both sides in recent past. Nothing abusive. The best side usually won, and that surely must count for smth in this discussion.
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Ghostmaster
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This maybe true, but it doesn't prove that they wouldn't try to do it the first time.
serghei
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It doesn't, but everyone is inocent until proven otherwise, including Real Madrid. So far, I don't see a refereeing problem in the clasico. Just in the last clasico, which he won 2-1 in a very close affair, the linesman overruled a goal from Bale after a difficult offside to see at Ronaldo. And that clasico much was much much more important than this one, considering it gave us a precious 4 point lead against them, which proved to be decisive in the end.
serghei
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Maybe some sort of stupid pressure exists, but it is probably not, in any case, tied to Real Madrid imho, and it's not an organized thing. I think it's just a couple of individuals, using their position to pull some strings with the refs. That again, if the story is true.
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vlad
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it is not only for favoring madrid in el classico, but in almost every la liga matches, that is the thing, this is the first time somebody spoke about it in public, remember 2012 when they won la liga and what penaltys they had, el classico is just one match, but my point is that referes are pushing real whenever they can.
Remember this? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...-Athletic-Bilbao-La-Liga-suspended-month.html
that just telling you how much power they have off the pitch.
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Ghostmaster
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Marca says that there is closed circle of who can be appointed as referee for El-clasico, there are certain rules so it's easy to predict who it will be. They predict that referee for upcoming El clasico will be David Fernández Borbalán.
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Barcelona say in an official statement that the claims of a pressurized linesman ahead of clasico should be thourougly investigated.
Barcelona add in official statement that they hope, for the good and the credibility of the Liga, that it's all a misunderstanding #fcblive
Barcelona add in official statement that they hope, for the good and the credibility of the Liga, that it's all a misunderstanding #fcblive
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