The Crusade that Real Madrid maintains against the arbitration collective reached this Friday, April 25, 2025 in the Sudorosa Sevilla places as unexplored as irrespirable. He threatened the club chaired by Florentino Pérez with not playing the Cup final that faces him to Barcelona Because he considered that an referee who had broken to cry -the main collegiate of the party, Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea -and another who had crudely pointed out the accusing videos of Real Madrid TV -Pablo González Fuertes-, were not in a position to be judges.
There were eight hours when Spanish football advanced without brakes towards the abyss, with 65,000 fans and guests with tickets for the Cartuja, and the presence, of course, of whom it names the trophy, King Felipe VI. “But how are you not going to play?”said a federative voice that found replica in a WhatsApp message that came from the white side: “If they don't do something, we don't play.” Something that later the club, officially, described as “rumors” and ensuring that “never” had not considered not presenting.
It all started caught with the foot changed to a good part of the actors of the matter. Although González Fuertes, the head of the Vor room in the final, has a strong character, few hoped that his appearance with Burgos Bengoetxea became a plea where the second showed the crudeness of his profession, breaking down to cry when talking about the family consequences of the signaling of the signaling -“My son is told at school that I am a thief”-and the first launched several warnings, hinting at an arbitration strike, by assessing the videos that Real Madrid TV is broadcast.
An unexpected allegation
Although the appearance of the referees is already custom before the cup finals, In the Federation they did not expect a plea of these characteristics. Nor were all those informative media that were still arriving at the Seville airport and Santa Justa station when their mobiles began to recreate with the hug bathed in tears between Burgos and González Fuertes. The scene outraged Real Madrid in such a way That, from two in the afternoon, two and a half hours before the White Expedition arrived at its concentration hotel, it began to expand the idea that these two referees were not in a position to whistle a Cup final. Luis Medina Cantalejo, president of the Arbitral Technical Committee, was present in the press appearance with a serious gesture.
Real Madrid then sought formulas to try to make Rafael Louzán, president of the Federation, replace the arbitration team. Especially to González Fuertes, against whom the official television of the White Club lashed out for a good part of the afternoon. “Madrid cannot ask us to change the referees”a federative voice said, in a firm position despite the fact that the Real Madrid ordinance was increasingly serious.
Because Hansi Flick's press conferences, Barça coach, and Ronald Araujo, one of the Captains of the Barca team, when the mobiles, at seven minus ten in the afternoon, began to tronar with the disturbing message that Madrid was planted. And that he was not going to participate in any of the affairs of the Federation of the previous: That is, the appearances before the journalists of Carlo Ancelotti and Luka Modric, who also had to be photographed together with Flick and Ter Stegen with the cup trophy; Team training in the Cartuja; And, of course, the official gala dinner at Real Alcazar in Seville. Florentino Pérez was not going to make an appearance, but neither of his emissaries, such as Emilio Butragueño.
Louzán's conversations with José Ángel Sánchez
Already Rafael Louzán had contacted José Ángel Sánchez, the general director of Madrid, so that the waters return to his channel. Although this did not prevent Madrid from issuing a first statement in which he described as “Inadmissible” the statements of the referees and invited the Federation to “proceed accordingly.” That was in writing, although later Louzán publicly ensured that the White Club had not claimed the change of referees. Something that had made sources of the Madrid entity.
Between 19.00 and 22.00, the parties made the dam not to break. Louzán, who has demonstrated a man who does not lose his calm in the most tense moments And that, at least now, he does not seek enemies, he maintained that from next season many things will change in the arbitration collective. That there is a commission in which Real Madrid will be integrated. And the future of Medina Cantalejo at the head of the CTA is pending. In addition, in telephone contacts to save the Cup final, the CSD also participated, aware that the image of Spanish football was in a day in a day when King Felipe VI goes to Seville after attending the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome.
Before ten o'clock at night, from Madrid it was ensured that the game was going to play. That fans could not fail. Until the second white statement of the day settled, Eight hours after the crisis opensa day that had more than dangerous than sperm.
While in Barcelona, with the crooked but publicly cautious nose for not being part of the story, they twisted the gesture because they had a final to play.
