The final Cuba del Rey collapses after criticism from Real Madrid

The referee of the Copa del Rey final was reduced to crying today after answering a video clip that was broadcast on Real Madrid TV, which apparently highlighted the mistakes he made during his career.

Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea will clarify the Madrid match against Barcelona in Seville tomorrow with every decision that is likely to be examined after general criticism on the internal television channel of the European cards.

De Borgos said that the video had an impact on his family and struggled to contain his feelings at a press conference today.

He said: “When a child arrives at school and his colleagues tell him that his father is a thief, this makes you sick.

“What I do is trying to educate my son to tell him that his father is a honest man, and that he makes mistakes like any other athlete. It is very difficult, I do not recommend it to anyone.

“It is not right that we are going through for many colleagues, not only in professional football, but also in popular football. Let everyone think of the place we want to go, as we want from sports and football.”

🎙 “What I do is trying to educate my son to tell him that he is honest, but he is wrong as another person.”

➡ “I want my son to be proud of what his father is.”

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– RFEF (@RFEF) April 25, 2025

A continuous campaign from Real Madrid

Madrid was voice in criticizing the referees this season, as it submitted a complaint with Spain’s FA (RFEF) and the Supreme Council of Spain in February, claiming that the regime was “false” and “completely distorted”.

There was another violent reaction from the club’s supporters after the dismissal of midfielder Jude Bellingham for the oath of the referee Jose Monueria Montero during the clouds in Osuna.

Pablo Gonzalez Var, VAR in the Cuba Final, said officials had enough and suggested that they had reached the point of collapse.

He said: “We will start taking real action, we will not continue to allow what is happening.

“Within a few days, you will all see. We will make history and we will not continue to bear what we put. A strike? You will have news of us soon.”