The mayor of Vigo Abel Caballero has expressed concern at rumours Real Madrid tried to pressure authorities into playing the game as lives would be ‘in danger’.
Real Madrid then released a statement later on Monday to call Caballero’s words "inappropriate" and "totally inaccurate" in relation to the club’s involvement on trying to force through the fixture.
Fierce storms hit the North-Western Spanish province of Galicia on Friday and the mayor of Vigo called the fixture off early on Saturday, 24 hours after Deportivo La Coruna’s clash at home to Real Betis, with reports that Madrid wanted the roof fixed or the match moved to an alternative venue.
"Once I had taken the decision at noon on Saturday, the issue was closed," Caballero told AS.
"I do not care about all that is said, or who says it. My technical staff decided that there was a risk to the safety of people, and no game. La Liga showed common sense and I want to believe that the Madrid directors did the same.
"I want to believe it, because if anyone wanted to put people's lives in danger it would be completely foolish.
"I had not heard that (fixing the roof quickly on the day), what a crazy idea!
"If they had said it to me, I would have laughed openly, and I would not have let anyone climb up, whether they were from Real Madrid or not. No worker could have climbed up.
"In this country there are rules that must be followed. Some people have to understand that there was a risk to people's lives. This is just football. The game will be played some other day."
The league leaders then hit back at the mayor’s comments in a statement on Monday evening.
"We regret the unfortunate statements made by the mayor of Vigo, Abel Caballero, in which he states that this club disregarded the security measures required for the Celta Vigo v Real Madrid fixture to go ahead," read a Madrid club statement.
"Not only are the mayor's comments inappropriate, they are also totally inaccurate, because at no point in time did Real Madrid question the security measures in place at Balaidos.
"Real Madrid wishes to make it very clear that having learned of the possibility of the game being postponed more than 30 hours ahead of kick-off, the club proposed three alternatives to the Professional Football League: firstly, for consideration to be given to the possibility of repairing the damaged stadium roof; secondly, the possibility of the affected stand being closed; and thirdly, if the two aforementioned options were not possible, to look into staging the fixture at another nearby stadium."
