Barcelona president Joan Laporta has taken aim at Real Madrid in the wake of their controversial win over Rayo Vallecano at the weekend.
Real Madrid secured a late win thanks to a Kylian Mbappe penalty that was awarded in the ninth minute of stoppage time.
Laporta joked yesterday that Brahim Diaz dived for the penalty and has now shared some more thoughts.
“I saw Madrid’s match against Rayo. I don’t know where those nine or ten minutes of extension of the game came from. I saw some plays that some players
are already getting used to diving inside the box, to make it look like they are touched, and that should be a card. I saw that Rayo was very damaged,” he said.
“The defender touches the ball badly, he gets off balance, lifts his leg and does not kick the striker who throws him to the ground. It was exaggerated.
“The referee according to his criteria can whistle what he considers, but from the point of view of the football fan, I think these penalties are exaggerated and that they should not have been called. I say this in a constructive sense. Sometimes it happens in our favor and I would say it anyway.”
Laporta also took aim at Real Madrid TV which has regularly criticised and questioned match officials this season.
“We are talking about a club that has a television that is dedicated to explaining things out of place and saying that the referees constantly and permanently harm them.
“What does the famous TV channel say now, now it doesn’t harm their team, have they analyzed all this, let them look at it,” he added.
