Sergio Ramos didn’t approve the referee’s decision of sending him off in El Clasico against Barcelona. “Everyone saw what happened. You go home feeling powerless and that you could have got more from the game. If they wanted to balance the table, they’ve done it, but Real Madrid will keep on fighting for La Liga,” he said.
The Real Madrid defender was very critical of referee Undiano Mallenco: “I am surprised that they chose him. That is why there are people to take measures. There are some referees who are at one level and others who are above them. In these games where there is so much at stake you have to have the best there is. For this kind of game you have to have people who are more experienced or better prepared,” he argued.
“Today’s defeat is a shame because it was an important step, but there are things you cannot fight against and things that are predetermined. There is nothing you can do. When you are the biggest team in the world there is a lot of envy. And when you have the chance to get a big lead there are things you cannot fight against,” he insisted.
Ramos also gave his opinion about the three penalties the referee awarded. He admitted “the penalty on Ronaldo was outside the box, but Alves didn’t receive a yellow.” “In Xabi Alonso’s there was contact but I don’t think it was a penalty. In my sending off Neymar was offside beforehand and I didn’t touch him. He was looking for contact. I slowed down because I would rather he scored that to be sent off and leave the team with ten men. The club will appeal, but given what happened here, it won’t make any difference,” he added.
The 27-year-old explain that Real Madrid “don’t generally talk about referees.” Yet, in this case he insisted that “for the good of Real Madrid and of football, let’s hope Undiano does not officiate another of our games this season, because coincidentally something always happens. First in the Camp Nou and now in the Bernabeu.”
You should apologize to your team mates rather than complain about the referee.
See how you shadowed messi earlier in the game forcing him to play wide and miss the goal? That is what you should have done with neymar as well, rather than run into him.
Your tackles have been a bit heavy these days. You and alonzo. And I wonder why varane was not featured. He reads game better.
[…] Ramos said after the game that “everyone has seen what has happened. You go home feeling powerless and that you could have got more from the game. If they wanted to balance the table, they’ve done it, but Real Madrid will keep on fighting for La Liga.” […]