{"id":3177,"date":"2026-04-13T08:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/3177\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T08:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:27:15","slug":"real-madrids-anger-grows-over-referee-call-on-mbappe-what-they-did-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/3177\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid\u2019s anger grows over referee call on Mbappe: \u2018What they did was\u2026\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Real Madrid are furious following the controversial refereeing decisions in their 1-1 draw against Girona, with the focus on the incident involving Kylian Mbappe.<\/p>\n

According to a report from Ok D<\/a>iario, the frustration inside the club has reached a boiling point.<\/p>\n

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As such, the club believes a clear penalty was denied after Mbappe suffered a heavy blow inside the box<\/a>, a moment that could have directly influenced the result and, by extension, the La Liga standings.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the incident, voices from inside Valdebebas did not hold back, stating, \u201cWhat they did to Madrid was a gangland robbery.\u201d<\/p>\n

Real Madrid are not happy<\/p>\n

The controversy centres on the final stages of the match, when Mbappe was struck by an elbow that left him with a serious cut above his eyebrow.<\/p>\n

The injury required three stitches and even forced him to miss training the following day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite the visible damage, the referee allowed play to continue and did not award a penalty.<\/p>\n

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Real Madrid are furious with the match referee. (Photo by Angel Martinez\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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From Madrid\u2019s perspective, the issue is not limited to the on-field call. There is equal frustration with VAR, which had access to multiple angles and still chose not to intervene.<\/p>\n

Within the club, there is disbelief that such a significant incident went unpunished despite the available technology.<\/p>\n

Officials under spotlight<\/p>\n

The report highlights the growing distrust towards the officials involved, particularly Alberola Rojas and Trujillo Suarez.<\/p>\n

Both referees are now under scrutiny, with Madrid questioning how such a decision could stand without correction.<\/p>\n

There is also concern directed at the Referees\u2019 Technical Committee (CTA), with questions growing regarding the refereeing standards.<\/p>\n

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Within Real Madrid, they feel that these types of errors are becoming too frequent.<\/p>\n

While Real Madrid acknowledge that their overall performance was not at the required level against Girona, they maintain that such decisions cannot be overlooked, especially in a title race where every point is crucial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid are furious following the controversial refereeing decisions in their 1-1 draw against Girona, with the focus…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[84,82,2284,1177,83,2285],"class_list":{"0":"post-3177","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-madrid","8":"tag-girona","9":"tag-madrid","10":"tag-match-referee","11":"tag-mbappe","12":"tag-real-madrid","13":"tag-suarez"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}