The president of Barça, Joan Laporta, attended the 76th Mundo Deportivo Gala this Monday, held at the Palau de Congressos in Barcelona, ??and spoke about the performance of referee Hernández Maeso and Hernández Hernández, VAR referee, who Yesterday they were the protagonists in Real Madrid’s victory against Almería at the Bernabéu (3-2).
The Blaugrana’s top leader has assured that what happened yesterday in Madrid “was a shame and the referee committee must give a response.”
Regarding Barça’s current season, Laporta stressed that he is very optimistic “because we will have our reward and the other rivals will stumble as we have stumbled before.”
These statements by the Blaugrana president were made on stage when collecting the trophy addressed to the professional sections of Barça. Minutes before, at the photocall, he did not address the media.
Laporta has not been the only member of Barça who has criticized the controversial refereeing at the Bernabéu. Yesterday, the Blaugrana coach, Xavi Hernández, also spoke after the victory at Villamarín (2-4). Although at first he wanted to be cautious, remembering that “if we speak we will be sanctioned”, he finally declared that “it will be difficult to win this League” because “there are things that we do not control, everyone has seen it.”
