At a press conference, Xavi showed irritation with the question related to alleged refereeing corruption in recent years in Barcelona
This Saturday, the 18th, coach Xavi Hernandez lost his temper at the press conference before the derby against Real Madrid. Questioned about the alleged corruption scheme of referees within the barcelona, the Spaniard got angry and said he didn’t win all the titles because of the judges. It is worth mentioning that the case would have happened in the last decade.
Does not bother me. People can say whatever they want. I know we won legally. I never felt like I won because of the referees. If that’s the case, I’m going home. Just as I don’t want to be harmed, I don’t want to be helped“, fired Xavi at the press conference.
O barcelona was involved in a great controversy in the La Liga and one of its punishments may be relegation to the second division of national football. According to information from the Spanish newspaper “SER”, Barça paid 7.6 million reais to the company of a former vice-president of the Spanish arbitration committee.
In addition, the journal “The world” also revealed the installments paid by the Catalan team during the period to Enriquez Negreira. According to what was published by the Spanish newspaper, the installments that were paid by Barcelona varied between the values of 168 thousand and 506 thousand reais. In addition, the installments for the company DASNIL 95 SL were divided into 33 installments.
However, this type of attitude violates the code of the Spanish football federation and one of the possible punishments would be relegation. So far, Barcelona has not been involved and the Spanish football federation also does not have the club on its radar. Enríquez Negreira is the target of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and being closely watched by the local Public Prosecutor’s Office.
The former leader of the Spanish arbitration has already given testimonials and claims that these values refer to the consultations he made to the club on the subject. Enríquez Negreira claims that Barcelona paid him so that he could give lectures on refereeing and give players more details on the subject. In an official note, the culé team defended itself against the accusations.
Source: sportbuzz
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