On Saturday, Real Madrid once again dropped points in La Liga when they were held to a 3-3 draw against Rayo Vallecano. However, the defending champions, who at one point came back from a 2-0 deficit to lead 3-2, were furious with Juan Martinez Munuera's refereeing performance.
According to Real Madrid TV (via Diario AS), Carlo Ancelotti's side were denied a number of big decisions by Martinez Munuera, including two penalties.
“Once again a disastrous referee, who failed to whistle two clear penalties. The first is a push to Guler that is not called and the second is a kick from Mumin to Vinicius that is also not called. Before that play, Vinicius counter-attacked at a gallop and they caught him. At that moment Vinicius turned and asked the referee to give him a yellow card. Can you guess who Martinez Munuera gave a card to? Vinicius, who will miss the match against Sevilla due to an accumulation of cards. This tires us, it often sounds familiar. This smells like burning. You lose two points on a very difficult terrain.
“Today Martinez Munuera again made very serious mistakes and always in the same direction. In a match that ends 3-3, these two actions are decisive. It is a refereeing trend that always goes in the same direction. This is what is happening in this dirty Negreira league. Then you can talk about sports issues and Real Madrid's problems, but that is not the most important thing. The most important thing is the dirty Negreira League that Real Madrid is suffering again today. Do we need to improve things? No doubt. But the dirty Negreira league does not invite us to talk about football; it invites us to talk about the fact that there is always a victim, and that is Real Madrid. You miss two points to fight for La Liga.”
Real Madrid won't be happy about dropping points at Vallecas, especially as they have now relinquished the advantage they had over Barcelona, who can be four points ahead (after playing a game more) if they Beat Leganes on Sunday.
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