Madrid's new "rage against the refs": Spanish league is a circus and a farce

For the first time in the club's history, Barcelona had a chance to clinch the title against the fiercest rivals, Real Madrid, and they made the most of it, comfortably beating the struggling Los Blancos 2-0 at Camp Nou.

Despite being the title-deciding derby, yesterday's El Clasico was, at the same time, one of the least uncertain ones, as the Catalans were firm favourites given the recent dressing-room turmoil and all the other problems at Santiago Bernabeu.

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And even though aware of the current situation, Barca's strength, and deservedly conquered La Liga, Madrid once again found the culprit for their defeat in the referees - Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez, to be precise.

As in the last few instances when they criticized the officials, none of the Los Blancos players, coaches, or board members commented on the matter. Instead, their official TV was the platform they used to vent their anger and "spit fire".

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The first topic was the alleged penalty kick for Madrid and a red card for Barcelona defender Eric Garcia.

“Perhaps a push at neck level is something more, but we didn’t see it. What we did see was an elbow from Eric Garcia that is clearly a penalty and also a red card offense."

“It’s yet another demonstration of VAR inaction that fails to correct what could be an injustice. If this is considered a play in the game, then everything can be considered a play in the game; anyone who has played football knows that Eric Garcia did that intentionally,” it was said via Barca Blaugranes.

Then, Real Madrid TV moved on to criticize the league, the VAR room, and even the broadcast of their team's La Liga games. All in all, no one was spared.

“The Spanish League is not serious. The Spanish League, Tebas’s league, Negreira’s league. It’s a circus and a farce. This is appalling. The broadcast of the Spanish League is a disgrace."

“The most serious issue is the lack of footage. When there have been controversial plays, we’ve seen excellent panoramic shots when Real Madrid was the intended target of the foul. Suddenly, once again, the broadcast cuts out during a crucial foul."

“This broadcast is handled by HBS, a company contracted by Tebas, which, in turn, is a subsidiary of Mediapro, and whose directors belong to the former Mediapro and are the ones dictating the editorial line and how they want the match to be presented to the fans."

”Every time there are questionable plays, VAR intervenes when it suits them. And when does VAR intervene? It only intervenes to harm Real Madrid."

In the end, some of these complaints may be justified. But is it really time to focus on the officials while Los Blancos are dealing with problems on all fronts?

Perhaps it's time for them to accept the harsh truth that Barcelona are currently the dominant force in Spanish football and turn to finding a new manager and reinforcements capable of getting them back on track.

Constantly blaming the referees is beneath a club of Real Madrid’s stature.