FC Barcelona President Joan Laporta and manager Xavi Hernandez are both spending a lot of time this week criticising La Liga referees for the way the officiating has been done so far this season. However, they have also been skirting the issue of the Negreira case, wherein Barcelona has been accused of bribing match officials.
Things have become more heated since Real Madrid's 3-2 victory over minnows Almeria on Sunday night at the Santiago Bernabeu. The hosts found themselves stunned and a goal down within the opening 40 seconds thanks to a sleeping defence and a torpedo goal from Almeria's Largie Ramazani.
