Actual Madrid have dropped one more bombshell of their ongoing feud with Barcelona over the Negreira case, confirming that they’ve denouncing alleged referee corruption stemming from Barcelona’s funds to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira.
The funds, totalling €8.4 million over 17 years between 2001 and 2018, have been made to the previous vice-president of the Technical Committee of Referees.
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Florentino Perez has lengthy maintained that the affair price Actual Madrid dearly, even claiming earlier than the latest elections that he may have gained 14 La Liga titles somewhat than seven, alleging the remainder have been “stolen” from him.
In accordance with , the membership have documented the seven particular league titles Perez believes have been misplaced attributable to refereeing choices. Right here is the breakdown.
The early ‘stolen’ titles
Perez claims Barcelona have stolen seven league titles owing to Negreira funds. (Picture by Alex Caparros/Getty Photos)
The checklist begins with the 2004-05 marketing campaign, which Barcelona gained by 4 factors.
Actual Madrid level to a disproportionate distribution of penalties and playing cards that season, with Barcelona awarded 10 penalties to Madrid’s 5, and much fewer pink playing cards throughout the marketing campaign.
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The 2009-10 season adopted, through which Actual Madrid broke the factors file with 96 underneath Manuel Pellegrini however nonetheless completed behind Barcelona’s 99. The membership cite dropped factors at El Sadar, San Mames and the Sanchez-Pizjuan as decisive.
In 2010-11, Jose Mourinho’s first title problem ended with 92 factors to Barcelona’s 96. Actual Madrid once more highlights a card imbalance and the notorious “Clos Gomez’s 13 errors” checklist, in addition to the title-defining Clasico on the Bernabeu through which was despatched off.
Actual Madrid’s claims within the trendy period
The 2014-15 season noticed rating 48 objectives, however Actual Madrid misplaced out by two factors, pointing to their two derby defeats towards .
Florentino Perez just isn’t prepared to surrender. (Picture by Denis Doyle/Getty Photos)
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The 2015-16 marketing campaign, Zinedine Zidane’s first as coach, was determined by a single level. Actual Madrid’s major grievance is the penalty depend, with Barcelona allegedly awarded 19 penalties to Actual Madrid’s 9 throughout the season.
The 2020-21 title, gained throughout the pandemic, is attributed to a contentious penalty awarded to Eder Militao towards Sevilla, alongside a disallowed handball choice within the Madrid derby.
Lastly, the 2024-25 season rounds off the checklist, with Actual Madrid citing three separate refereeing performances towards , within the derby and in Pamplona that they consider worn out a seven-point lead over Barcelona.
Barcelona have constantly denied any wrongdoing within the Negreira case and have been lately cleared by the Tax Company of bribing referees. Perez, although, just isn’t prepared to surrender.