Tebas: Madrid stirs up tension with everyone: Barça, the referees... | OneFootball

Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga, gave an interview to 'Sport' in which he analyzes the present and future commercial prospects of the league and, as usual, criticizes Real Madrid for its stance on the Negreira Case and the various refereeing controversies. 

According to the president, "what is generating tension in this case is Real Madrid against everyone, that is, against Barcelona, against the referees... Against everyone."

For Tebas, Madrid "is trying to create a narrative that right now the referees are being influenced. That is very dangerous because it’s not true. This narrative is being built and it’s causing tension."

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"The narrative is that it seems like what is happening today with some refereeing error is the fault of what happened in 2019 or 2017," he adds.

"I’m not saying that Barcelona’s actions at that time, or those of its directors, were by any means the most appropriate. We were the first to go to the Prosecutor’s Office, the first to say that this had to be investigated and even, if necessary, sanctioned in the sporting arena, which in Spain is now time-barred. From that to saying that today a penalty not called for a Real Madrid player in a football match is a consequence of that, well, that’s a world of difference."

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