Barcelona president Joan Laporta made a scandalous statement ahead of today’s El Clasico against Real.
Joan Laporta (photo: gettyimages.com)Laporta stated that Real’s club television exerts pressure on the referees before the 10th round of the Spanish championship.
— Let’s prepare for a great match, in which we are confident that the team will bring us great joy. The atmosphere around the refereeing was created by our opponents, who operate off the field. What their television does affects the referees—it’s a winning strategy that shouldn’t exist. They can’t say that the referees harm them or that they favor Barca. We are not going to play the victim—we want to win at the Bernabeu again, — Marca quotes Laporta.
