The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) says that its referees are “repelled” by Vitriol heading to Jose Munuera Montero after sending Real Madrid Jude Bellingham on Saturday.
Bellingham was fired in the first half of the 1-1 draw at Osasuna after Montero decided he had used abusive language in his direction.
International England insisted that he had simply expressed frustration and Slur was not aimed at the employee.
Jude Bellingham’s mouth made him a big problem against Osasuna today 🗣️
The Real Madrid midfielder showed a straight red card and sent the tunnel down after refereeing with the referee 🟥 pic.twitter.com/flqdcongv9
– Premier Sports (@premsportstv) Feb 1525
The aftermath saw the Montero targeting online trolls and RFEF says enough.
“Professional referees are completely rejected by the attacks and threats that our colleague Jose Luis Munuera Montero receives through social networks, which not only target him personally but also his family,” the statement said.
“These attacks add to hatred and verbal violence through which we must perform our professional work every weekend and that in the base categories, physical violence is made even more unfortunately in many cases.”
I didn’t say anything bad – Bellingham
Immediately after the game, Bellingham explained that he said “f *** off” in a general sense, but Montero claimed that he directed the term “f *** you” instead.
“I didn’t say anything bad to the referee,” Bellingham said. “It is clear that there was a communication error.
“It’s an expression like the Spanish ‘Joder’ … And the consequence is that he left us with a less player. It’s not an insult. It was an expression for myself.”
Although it held the lead of 1-0 by the half, Madrid’s numerical disadvantage proved to be expensive in the second half.
Osasuna was awarded a sentence in the 58th minute after the delayed challenge of Eduardo Camavinga and Ante Budimir turned from the point to make it 1-1.
Visitors were unable to restore their advantage, arranging for a frustrating draw that allowed Barcelona opponents to go to the top of La Liga’s 1-0 win over Rayo Vallecano last night.
Apology
After the match, Bellingham apologized to the referee-but to his teammates to put them in a difficult position.
“I’m here to apologize to my teammates as I put them in a difficult situation today,” he admitted.
“I never offend the referee. I am glad to see that there are videos that show reality despite the referee’s reference.”
Then, for Madrid is the Playoff of the Champions League tomorrow night, Manchester City’s second leg in Santiago Bernabeu.
