Barcelona manager Xavi hit out at the standards of refereeing in La Liga after Real Madrid stole a 3-2 win over Almeria recently, indicating that it’d be tough for his side to win the league if Los Blancos keep getting favours.
Well, that seems to have really stung Los Blancos, whose official media channel (RMTV) hit back at his comments. Speaking about the Barca boss’ recent comments, the outlet’s TV director said: “It’s curious that Xavi finds strange things that happen in La Liga & it seems normal to him that practically during his entire career, for 20 years, his club has been paying the vice president of the referees around €8 million.
“I insist, during Xavi’s entire career. For 20 years. That is a total, we have counted, of 600 games in the career of Mr. Xavi Hernandez as a player of Barcelona, with their corresponding titles.
“We do not say it, the judge says it, the prosecutor, the Civil guard... Those 600 matches are under suspicion. It’s the reality. Your club is under indictment. The whole period in which Xavi was a player of FC Barcelona is being investigated.”
This is a dig at the ‘Case Negreira’, with Barca under investigation for allegedly paying the high-ranking referee from 2016-2018. It’s quite obvious that Real Madrid wants Barca to be found guilty in this case and be penalized, something that can help them.
Thanks to their controversial win over Almeria, Real Madrid are able to maintain their seven-point lead over Barca in the La Liga standings.
