
Even with a poor string of results, an injury crisis and Xabi Alonso facing the sack, Real Madrid club president Florentino Pérez highlighted Spanish refereeing as the cause of immense “damage” to the Spanish giants.
Los Blancos finally got back to winning ways in La Liga on Sunday evening with a 2–1 win over Alavés. Yet when the final whistle sounded in Vitoria, controversy loomed large.