Real Madrid have said La Liga president Javier Tebas should be replaced by “a leader capable of managing” the competition “with the fundamental duty of neutrality”.
Tebas, who was appointed in 2013, claimed that Madrid “lived in another galaxy” after the club and the manager. Jose Mourinho criticized referee Miguel Angel Ortiz Arias, video assistant referee Daniel Trujillo Suárez and the standard of referees in Spain after the 2-1 defeat at Atletico Madrid on Sunday.
In a statement hours after Tebas’ comments on social media, Madrid accused the 64-year-old of being “obsessively focused” on them and “making our club the constant target of his public attacks”.
Real Madrid: Full statement on Javier Tebas
“Our club considers it intolerable that the president of the League uses his institutional position to continue discrediting and attacking Real Madrid in the way he does in each of his public appearances,” he said. Madrid.
“It is very worrying that someone responsible for representing and protecting the interests of all La Liga clubs remains obsessively focused on Real Madrid, making our club the constant target of his public attacks.
“His latest statements are particularly serious and incomprehensible, unbecoming of a responsible executive, as they are based on an article by an independent journalist in a digital publication.
“However, he reacts against our club, even going so far as to evaluate our sports strategy, which is totally inappropriate and irresponsible.
“It is completely surprising that the president of LaLiga would devote his time and his personal platforms to trying to publicly discredit Real Madrid, instead of contributing, as his position requires, to fostering confidence in the institutions that are supposed to guarantee the impartiality of the competition.
“In doing so, it continues to damage the image of our competition and Spanish football around the world.
“Given this inappropriate and persistent behavior, we believe that the professional football competition in Spain urgently needs a leader capable of managing it and realizing its full potential with the fundamental duty of neutrality.
“It requires someone who understands the nature of his role, since the president of LaLiga is not the owner of the competition but a manager at the service of the clubs that make it up and entrusts him with their leadership.
“Clubs need someone who can fulfill that mission honestly.”
What did Real Madrid’s Javier Tebas say?
“To say that the referees are directed against Real Madrid is to live in another galaxy,” Tebas wrote, also referring to Madrid’s two defeats in their last three games, leaving them six points behind leaders Barcelona after seven league games in Mourinho’s second spell in charge.
“This narrative serves as an excuse to cover other shortcomings that are clearly seen in these first games of the season.
“It’s more convenient to point to a conspiracy than to explain what’s going on in the field.”
Atlético vs Real Madrid: Mourinho criticizes Arias
After enduring photos of challenges between the people of Madrid Jude Bellingham and Federico Valverde and Cristian Romero and Atleti’s Lee Kang-in, Mourinho said he had not reviewed Dean Huijsen’s second-half red card for sending off Giuliano Simeone, which led to Alejandro Grimaldo scoring a penalty before Jonathan David added the home side’s second to go 2-0 up.
Mourinho claimed the circumstances surrounding the referee’s appointment had been incorrect and suggested the VAR referee had a history of poor decisions against Madrid.
Arias is in his seventh season as an official of the League and is the first from Madrid to oversee the game, as reported. Marc. The outlet, which named him as the best referee for the 2021/22 season, said he is a physical education teacher.
What Jose Mourinho said about referees after Atlético-Madrid
“It was all very strange,” Mourinho said. “The first is that a week before the game it was already known who the referee would be when, as I have been told, it should be announced 24 hours before.
“A week before it was already known who the referee was, then he is a 41-year-old referee who is not even an international, and it is not because he is a great referee.
“The poor guy came here and couldn’t handle the pressure, which I call the pressure of the 1980s, something you rarely see today.
“Then there is Mr. Trujillo, who was on the VAR… he has a very complete history as a VAR in Real Madrid matches.
“Last season there was only the Real Sociedad game in the Copa del Rey, and then there were games against Osasuna and Girona.
“This is a VAR with a lot of history. This combination: a poor referee who has only officiated small games and a VAR referee with a long history.
“Congratulations to the Referee Appointments Committee.”
Atlético – Real Madrid: Mourinho wants “peace”
“If they leave us alone, in peace and let us compete on equal terms with everyone, there is still a long way to go,” Mourinho said of his complaints in the context of a potential title challenge.
“I don’t want to go too far and say this was set up. I don’t want to think that. I want to think they just got it wrong. Just like a coach or a player can get it wrong, I want to think the refereeing committee got it wrong.”
“Poor people, they made mistakes, sending someone who is 41 years old and has never been in a situation like this, next to another person with a very rich history against Real Madrid.”
Atlético de Madrid: José Mourinho “harassing the referee”
Having moved a point ahead of Madrid, Atlético were quick to mock their rivals with a series of tweets about X.
The first was a video showing a sheet of paper coming out of a printer with the words #StopAcosoArbitralYA, which stands for “stop referee harassment now.”
A second post showed a picture of Mourinho at the press conference with the same message.
