The 2024-25 season was a grueling one for Spanish referees. The group has had to endure off-field incidents that have damaged the referees' reputation, in addition to rampant animosity. The breeding ground for this unsustainable situation comes from many sources: clubs have used social media to irresponsibly attack referees, Real Madrid Television has taken its assessments of referees to the extreme (even more), and even the president of the Technical Committee of Referees, Luis Medina Cantal, has also been criticized. refrigerators on a television program. If you add to all this a banner with the image of Carlos del Cerro Grande with a goal pointed at his head, the picture is worrying.

The build-up to the Copa del Rey final between Barça and Real Madrid, scheduled for this Saturday at 10 p.m. (TV3), is grotesque and bizarre. Real Madrid has decided not to attend the official pre-match press conference, the training session, the official photos, or the pre-match gala dinner. In short, they have turned up at all the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) events scheduled before the final.

What was supposed to be a great final for Barcelona fans has almost turned into a nightmare. And not for sporting reasons. The more than 27,000 Barça fans traveling to Seville to watch the Clásico against Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey didn't find out until Thursday afternoon that they would be able to enter the Cartuja Stadium. It was an error in the allocation and distribution of tickets that affected only Barça fans. With 72 hours to go until kickoff, the company One Box, hired by the Federation to manage the event, admitted the error. mea culpa And finally, the solution has been found. Now, fans can pack their bags with their tickets in their hands.

The sentence has already been handed down in the Rubiales case. The National Court has sentenced the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to an 18-month fine for kissing footballer Jenni Hermoso at the medal ceremony for the 2023 Women's World Cup won by the Spanish national team in Sydney (Australia). Thus, Rubiales will have to pay a fine of 20 euros per day for a crime of sexual assault that amounts to a total of 10,800 euros. In addition, he will be prohibited from approaching a radius of 200 meters from Hermoso and from communicating with her for a year.

The expulsion of Jude Bellingham from El Sadar could mark a turning point in the relationship between Real Madrid players and referees. 24 league games, three Copa del Rey games and two Spanish Super Cup games have had to be played due to the first expulsion of a Real Madrid player for a lack of respect for the authorities. The Whites had the game on track this Saturday with a 0-1 against Osasuna until Bellingham told José Luis Munuera Montero "Fuck you", as described in the match report. The Andalusian referee did not hesitate and planted the red card in his face. The Englishman reacted with disbelief to the unexpected punishment and headed for the changing rooms.

The expulsion of Jude Bellingham from El Sadar could mark a turning point in the relationship between Real Madrid players and referees. 24 league games, three Copa del Rey games and two Spanish Super Cup games have had to be played due to the first expulsion of a Real Madrid player for a lack of respect for the authorities. The Whites had the game on track this Saturday with a 0-1 against Osasuna until Bellingham told José Luis Munuera Montero "Fuck you", as described in the match report. The Andalusian referee did not hesitate and planted the red card in his face. The Englishman reacted with disbelief to the unexpected punishment and headed for the changing rooms.

This week the trial against Luis Rubiales has been seen for sentencing. In other articles we have talked about the kiss, let's talk now about coercion.

The trial of the former president of the Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales for the kiss he gave to the footballer Jenni Hermoso during the medal ceremony of the 2023 World Cup has been set for sentencing. As expected, two opposing versions of the events have been contrasted, turning Judge Clemente Fernández-Prieto González into a media figure for his way of conducting a process that, at times, has exhausted his patience. "Although it may seem untrue, we are done. Ready for sentencing," said the magistrate to close the last session of the trial. Despite the seriousness of the events being judged, none of those present could help bursting out in laughter.

A giant step forward for the professionalisation of women's football. After months of negotiations, Luis Rubiales, president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), will announce this Tuesday salary equality between the women's and men's national teams, retroactively. Spain thus takes another step forward in the recognition of its players, who are candidates to win the European Championship which will be held in July in the United Kingdom.