It’s a refrain that comes up insistently with every Real Madrid defeat: “it’s the referee’s fault.” » And the elimination in the quarter-final of the Champions League by Bayern Munich (4-3), Wednesday evening at the end of an incredible scenario, was no exception. The madridistas have found the person responsible for a new white season for Kylian Mbappé and his little friends: Slavko Vincic.
The Slovenian is criticized from all sides in Spain for having expelled Eduardo Camavinga. After having already received a warning, the French midfielder was once again warned for having held the ball a little too much after a foul called on a Bayern player. A second yellow card synonymous with expulsion which changed the entire end of the match, while the Madrilenians were still leading 3-2 and we were heading towards extra time.
“A referee who hates football”
“Unheard of at this level, a scandalous decision,” wrote Luis Nieto, assistant director of As, Real Madrid pro daily in his report of the match. “A referee who hates football,” adds his colleague Tomas Roncero. This great match was heading into extra time, leaving us dreaming of another thirty minutes of excitement and pure footballing pleasure. But then Vincic, a referee as bad as a marrow bone, arrived and spoiled the Oscar ceremony by handing out a second yellow card to Camavinga, as absurd as it was useless. »
“What injustice! ”, headline on the front page Markanother pro-Real Madrid daily, this Thursday morning, with a photo of Eduardo Camavinga receiving the red card. “A scandalous and unfair decision by the referee, concerning a stupid error by Camavinga, which could compromise his future at Real Madrid, ruined a well-constructed match which ended in defeat,” adds Jose Maria Rodriguez.
“You have to be smarter than that”
At the end of the meeting, Alvaro Arbeloa, the White House coach, was just as furious: “We cannot expel a player for that,” assured the former right-back at a press conference. The referee didn’t even know he had a card and he ruined a magnificent and very balanced match, and that’s where the match ended. We would have preferred that they beat us differently, with this inexplicable expulsion that no one understands. »
In all this hubbub, the voice of reason came to CBS. In the show “Golazo”, Thierry Henry returned to this expulsion: “Madrid fans will flood social networks whining about the referee. They will say that Camavinga’s second yellow card was a shame and that the officials were against them. But you have to understand that when you play away at the Allianz Arena, you don’t give the referee a single reason to make this decision. You have to be smarter than that. »
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