Barcelona legend Carles Rexach says that Real Madrid are the “team that has benefited the most” from referees throughout history.
Real Madrid TV regularly complain about referees and were at it again after Sunday’s derby defeat to Atletico Madrid.
Manager Jose Mourinho also criticized the match officials after the defeat, but Rexach feels Los Blancos have traditionally seen results go in their favor.
“Throughout history, the team that has benefited the most, not only in Spain but in Europe, has been
Real Madrid. In my time playing, we always came away with our losses,” he told 2Cat program ‘El cafè d’idees’
“I thought that with the VAR system, which I was initially very much in favor of—because you can’t have a goal awarded when the ball hasn’t crossed the line, and before they couldn’t disallow it—I thought this advantage of VAR would be more effective.
“But if before there was a problem with the referee and the linesmen, now there are the same ones plus the VAR officials, and we haven’t made much progress; we’re in the same situation as before.”
Sunday’s defeat has left Madrid down in fourth place in the table in Spain, six points behind Barcelona after the first seven games.
