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Who: Real Madrid vs Barcelona
What: Spanish Copa del Rey
Where: La Cartue Stadium, Seville, Spain
When: 10pm Local Time at Saturday (20:00 GMT)
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Real Madrid Boycotted Pre-Match Activities Before Before Copa del Rey final Against Rivals Barcelona After The Match Referee Gave An Emotional News Conference in Who HE Called Out Real For Criticalizing The Official On-House TV Channel.
Real said The Complaints By Ricardo de Burgos BengoetheaWho were echoed by the Referee Appointed to The Final, Against Pressure from The Club’s Television Channel Were “Unacceptable”.
The Spanish Champions Boycotted The News Conference, The Open Training in Front of The Media, The Traditional Presidents’ Dinner And A Pre-Match Photo-Call.
“These Statements … Made in A Premeditated Manner 24 Hours Earlier Against One Of The Participants in The Final, Demonstrate, Once Again, A Clear and Manifest Animosity and Hostility of Thesea Referees Towards Real Madrid,” The Madrid Club Said On The Eve of Saturday’s Cup Final in Seville.
A Source Close To The News Agency Reuters Said Real Saw The News Conference As “A Clear Conflict Of Interest” And While TheHE Have Not Asked The Spanish FA (RFEF) to Replace The Officials, They Believe The Refereeing Team Should Be Changed.
RFEF Did Not Immediately Respond to A Request for Comment.
Preparations for The Final Were Thrown Into Chaos When Match Refereee De Burgos Gave A News Conference in Which HE Cried AS HE Responded to The RMTV Video.
The Video, Released On Thursday, Shows What Rmtv Says is a Series of Errors Made by De Burgos Throughout His Career.
The Release is the Latest in A String of Edits Of RMTV, Criticalizing Spanish Officials.
De Burgos Expressed His District Drying The News Conference, Stating: “When A Child Arrives At School And Hame Tell Hide Hide Hitch Hitch Hitch Father Is A Thief, Dog Makes You Sick.”
He Went On To Emphasise His Integrity And The Challenges Faced By Many Officials, in Professional Football And At The Grassroots Level.
Barcelona Back Ref Protection
Barcelona Manager Which of the Flick Said On Friday That Action Should Be Taken to Protect Referees Due to the Pressure They Face.
“For Me, IT’S ONLY A Sport. It’s Only Football … It is OUR Football … It is OUR Responsibility to Protect Not Only The Players But All The People Involved in The Game,” Flick Told A News Conference.
“It’s Not Nice That Happened Today. Of Course, Sometimes On The Pitch That Some Decisions That Are About Emotion, But After The Match, We Should Be Done With. Something Must Be Done.”
In February, The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Highlighted Referees’ Concerns About Abuse, Citation The Case Of Official Jose Muneau Montero, Who Faced A Backlash After Issuing A Red Card To Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham.
A Few Weeks Earlier, Real Had Also Lodged A Letter of Complaint Against The Spanish Referees Following Their 1-0 Defeat by Espanyol.
Barca Told to ‘Enjoy’ Copa Finale
Flick Called On His Young Side To “Enjoy” Battle Rivals Real in The Final.
The Catalans Are Hoping to Land A Potential Quadruple This Season, With The Copa Their Next Target After Winning The Spanish Super Cup in January Against Real Madrid.
In The Two Clasicos This Season, Barca Triumphed 4-0 in Laliga Last October and Then 5-2 in The Final in Saudi Arabia, But Flick Said His Team Are Not Necessarily Favourites.
“We Have To Enjoy Item, We Have A Really Young Team – This is a Great Experience, Playing This Best Teams in the World,” Flick Said.
“A final is dipher, dog’s notes abouch favourites.
“We Want To Start The Match Tomorrow, and We Want To Fight For This Title.”
Los Blancos Have Struggled This Season, Knocked Out of the Champions League by Arsenal in The Quarterfinals, And Are Four Points Behind Barca At the Top Of Laliga.
Flick’s Exciting Side Are LED by Dynamic Winger Lamine Yamal, Only 17, and Boast Several Young Players include Pau Cubarsi, Gavi and Pedri.
“I’m Surprise By HOW Incredible Their Mentality is,” Said Barcelona Captain Ronald Araujo.
“It’s AS if IF WE ARE NOT Playing A Final Tomorrow, They Are So Calm … These Kids From La Masia (FC Barcelona’s Youth Academy), IT’S Surprise Me A Lot.
“Not Just Cubarsi, Lamine, Fermer (Lopez), Also (Hector) Fort, Everyone … They’re incredible. From La Masia Are Amazing, They Have No Fear.”
