Last Sunday, Real Madrid secured a valuable 3-2 victory over Atletico Madrid in Matchweek 29 of LaLiga. With these three points, the Merengue remained in the title race, although the refereeing decisions from this match continue to generate controversy in Spain.

Jose Luis Munuera Montero was tasked with officiating at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, even sending off Vinicius Junior near the end of the match. However, 48 hours after the Spanish capital derby, Atletico Madrid officially lodged a strong accusation.

Throughout the match, Munuera Montero called 14 fouls in favor of Real Madrid, while for Atletico, he whistled only twice, a significant gap between the teams. In response, Atleti launched a thread on X (formerly Twitter) to denounce this and highlight the fouls that were not called.

“After two days in which the machine has focused on a play that today was ratified, a question arises for us: How can a derby end with only two fouls? We detail it for you in our ‘Review Time,’” Atletico Madrid released, referring to LaLiga’s segment on its YouTube channel, where it analyzes refereeing decisions during the week, something it has not yet done about the derby.

“We hope the machine has time to analyze all these actions and clear up our doubts. Thank you for your cooperation! (It’s clear that we don’t know how to do it),” Atleti continued with an ironic tone to highlight the controversial plays.

There were six actions in total, including two possible penalties for Atletico Madrid and interrupted counterattacks where they should have been favored by the “advantage rule.”

The penalty plays were not analyzed by the CTA as a possible error, and so Atletico Madrid has decided, as a form of protest, to raise its voice on social network X and invent its own “Review Time” with actions such as that of Johnny, who recovered a ball in the center of the field and the referee, when the team was breaking on a 3-on-1 counterattack, called a nonexistent foul.

Atleti has exploded and, for some years now, has decided to protest whenever it feels wronged by Real Madrid, which happens regularly. The loss in the Champions League final in Milan, where the refereeing influenced the result, was the final straw that prompted speaking up whenever necessary.

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