Real Madrid manager Alvaro Arbeloa has claimed that La Liga has a ‘serious problem’ with officials, after his side failed to beat Real Betis at La Cartuja, handing another opportunity to Barcelona to extend their lead at the top of the table. Arbeloa was unhappy with the officiating after Hector Bellerin equalised in the final minute.
Speaking after the match, Arbeloa called a supposed foul on Ferland Mendy in the build-up to Bellerin’s goal ‘very clear’.
“Yes, for me it’s very clear. It doesn’t take much to destabilise the body at times, and you go to ground. For that, you need to understand football, and there we have a serious problem, above all with the people that have to make these decisions. They don’t know, nor do they understand.”
For fourth time in six games, Real Madrid conceded in stoppage time.
“Another disappointment in the final minutes, which has happened to us many times, and which I don’t think we deserved. We had chances, we had a penalty in the first half, that could have sealed the match.”
‘If we had a clear reason, we’d correct it’ – Arbeloa
Regarding their tendency to concede late on, Arbeloa had no specific explanation.
“If we had a clear reason, we would correct it. And when you have such tight results, these situations can happen, and it’s also true that we’re not having much luck.”
Another talking point was the substitution of Kylian Mbappe, who came off with 10 minutes to go at his own request. Arbeloa was unable to give an update on his fitness.
“I don’t know, no idea. He had discomfort. And we’ll see how he progresses in the coming days.”
‘These decisions have a big effect on the games’
Asked again about the referee, and more specifically a handball appeal in the first half, Arbeloa was adamant the officiating had been decisive.
“For me, it’s a clear penalty, with the hand out, from a Brahim shot. I don’t know what else you could want. And then the last one, when Mendy has won the position, and if they touch you a little, if they grab you. These are all decisions that have a big effect on the game.”
Real Madrid face Espanyol at the RCDE Stadium next Sunday night at 21:00 CEST, before El Clasico the following Sunday, again in Barcelona.
Arbeloa is the most stupid coach I have ever known and seen. He is dull, inexperienced and short- sightedness.
He needs to be jailed for coming to destroyed the Spanish’s Royal Club. Nothing accredited Arbeloa to coach Real Madrid. Real Madrid’s president, monsieur Perez, should immediately step down 👇 as president. He brought an expensive woes to the club.
The club and fans will never forgive Mr Perez for this. Real Madrid is dammed and destroyed by his president- Perez.
For Arbeloa to complain about the referee is absurd.
Virtually every contested call went the way of Real Madrid. It was as if the referee feared the criticism he would receive, after the game, from Real Madrid TV, if he didn’t blow the whistle every time a Betis player looked cross-eyed at a Madrid player who would fall to the ground.
The clear and intentional hand-ball in the box in the first half is declared “decisive officiating,” according to Arbeloa, but then states . . . “For me, it’s a clear penalty, with the hand out, from a Brahim shot. I don’t know what else you could want,” but ignores the fact the play flagged offside, before the “clear hand-ball!”
As for Antony, hand fighting with Mendy for a crucial possession of the ball in the box, before the Belleren goal . . . “he (Mendy) has won the position and if they touch you a little, if they grab you. These are all decisions that have a big effect on the game” . . . Mendy fell to the ground as if he was a leaf in the breeze, expecting the referee to save Madrid, once again, as he had been doing the entire game.
As for “grabbing” how about Antonio Rüdiger twice, grabbing and throwing, with force, a Betis player to the ground and only once being whistled one time? The refereeing was clearly on the side of Real Madrid the entire game.
I have watched this referee on TV on other games, and he is not emotionally stable and tends to throw out multiple yellow cards, like a little schoolgirl, to players who merely question his absurd whistles.
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