Actual Madrid have issued a press release confirming their participation on this weekend’s Copa del Rey ultimate in opposition to Barcelona, placing an finish to hypothesis that they may boycott the match.
The membership turned embroiled in controversy over the previous 24 hours after a dramatic fallout with the Spanish Soccer Federation (RFEF) regarding the officers appointed for the ultimate in Seville.
Tensions flared when Actual Madrid formally objected to the number of Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea as referee and Pablo González Fuertes as VAR official.
Their issues centred on Gonzalez Fuertes’ previous criticism of Actual Madrid TV’s referee-focused content material, which frequently scrutinises officiating selections intimately earlier than high-profile fixtures.
Bengoetxea, in the meantime, was lowered to tears in a latest press convention as a result of strain placed on by Los Blancos.
As tensions escalated, the membership referred to as off each their scheduled coaching session and press convention. Additionally they demanded a last-minute change in officiating appointments.
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Relevo reported that the membership was even contemplating pulling out of the ultimate totally until their issues had been addressed.
In one other stage of membership’s protest, president Florentino Perez introduced he wouldn’t attend the customary pre-match dinner with Barcelona officers.
The standoff triggered fears that Actual Madrid might face disciplinary motion from the RFEF, together with the opportunity of being changed within the ultimate by Actual Sociedad.
Nonetheless, these issues had been allayed late on when the membership formally confirmed their participation within the ultimate and denied any claims they’d threatened to withdraw.
The assertion stated: “In gentle of the rumours which have arisen in the previous couple of hours, Actual Madrid C.F. communicates that our group by no means thought-about refusing to play tomorrow’s ultimate.
“Our membership understands that the unlucky and inappropriate statements from the referees appointed for this match, made 24 hours earlier than the ultimate, can’t tarnish a sporting occasion of world significance that can be watched by tons of of hundreds of thousands of individuals and in addition out of respect additionally for all of the followers who’re planning to journey to Seville, and for all those that are already within the Andalusian capital.
“Actual Madrid understands that soccer’s values should prevail, regardless of the hostility and animosity that has right this moment as soon as once more been proven in opposition to our membership, by the referees appointed for the ultimate.”
