Vinícius was being the protagonist of the match between Real Madrid and Valencia at Mestalla, both for his goals and for his controversial gestures to the stands, but at the last second the referee of the match, Jesús Gil Manzano, took all the spotlight away from him by pointing the end of the game just a couple of seconds before Jude Bellingham scored what would have been the winning goal for the Whites (2-2).
The Madrid players gathered around the Extremaduran referee, who at all times remained firm in his decision to end the match, when more than a minute and a half of the seven minutes of stipulated added time had already passed. Carvajal and Vinícius were the first to attack Gil Manzano, but the most excited was Bellingham who ended up being sent off.
The man showed the red card to the Englishman for, according to the match report, addressing Gil Manzano “in an aggressive and shouting attitude”, saying “it’s a fucking goal” in his native language. Bellingham had headed Brahim Díaz’s cross into the net at the moment when the referee signaled the end of the match without validating the goal.
“The Bellingham player was sent off for the following reason: After the end of the game and still on the field of play, he ran towards me in an aggressive and shouting attitude, repeating on several occasions it’s a fucking goal. “, can be read in the full explanation of the controversial situation.
According to article 127 of the Disciplinary Code, which values ??protests and “addressing the referees with an attitude of contempt or inconsideration”, the British player risks being “sanctioned with two or three matches or up to a maximum of one month.” If this assumption is fulfilled, Bellingham would miss the games against Celta at home and away against Osasuna. After Madrid, they host Athletic and visit Mallorca before playing against Barça at the Bernabéu.
From the merengue club they have already protested this decision, among others, by Gil Manzano, especially through Real Madrid TV, their usual speaker to criticize the work of the referees. “The player has been clear in what he has said, obviously he has approached vehemently after the goal as is normal after what has happened, but it was not an insult at all,” said the coach, for his part. of the whites, Carlo Ancelotti.
