Refereeing in La Liga is in the spotlight once again, with Real Madrid preparing to file a complaint to FIFA after just four games of the new 2025-26 season.
Real Madrid TV announced plans to file a dossier in the wake of Los Blancos’ 2-1 win over Real Sociedad on Saturday afternoon.
Here’s what has been said.
“Real Madrid is preparing a report with everything that has happened in these first four rounds of La Liga and what happened last season,” said the announcement.
“A dossier, that report, which
is going to be submitted to FIFA so that they take good note of what is happening in Spanish football with regard to refereeing.”
Real Madrid TV spent last season piling pressure on La Liga referees, while the club considered boycotting the Copa del Rey final against Barcelona as they weren’t happy with Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea being appointed as the match official.
There’s been more criticism in the new campaign, with Real Madrid TV letting rip again after the game against La Real.
“This championship is a disgrace because of what we have just experienced. Real Madrid with one player less: Huijsen sent off and a yellow card for Xabi, who is obviously outraged, like all Real Madrid fans. It’s a shameful competition,” said the commentators on the channel.
“The referees have once again distorted reality. They have once again transformed an uninterpretable action into something interpretable, as they did the other day with Arda Güler (goal disallowed due to a handball by the Turk). In any case, even if they admit a blatant error, it will be of no use. Huijsen is not the last, they distort reality and justify this kind of thing. The consequences? We will see, but they have distorted reality.”
Los Blancos won the match 2-1 on Saturday but were unhappy with the decision to show defender Dean Huijsen a red card in the first half.
