Tebas hits back at Real Madrid TV and Madrid press: "They live in another galaxy"

Javier Tebas has taken his criticism of Real Madrid and its media machine to a new level. The LaLiga president posted an extensive message on X and LinkedIn on Monday in which he attacks Real Madrid TV and outlets close to the club over the narrative built around the refereeing in the derby at the Metropolitano. The executive flatly denies the existence of a campaign against the Madrid club and frames the complaints as a strategy to divert attention from the results.

• Tebas posts a message on X and LinkedIn against Real Madrid TV and the Madrid press.
• The LaLiga president denies any refereeing conspiracy against Real Madrid.
• He accuses the club of wanting custom refereeing based on revenue, audiences or badge.
• He reminds that all clubs can be refereed by international or non-international officials.
• He closes by asking them to open their eyes and stop calling the league rigged in September.

Tebas' message against Real Madrid's narrative

Tebas held nothing back when describing the discourse that, in his view, is pushed by the Madrid entourage. "The spokespersons and the regime's television are already starting to build the usual narrative: the permanent conspiracy. When it is not Negreira, it is the referee; when not, that he is not an international," he wrote. The league president argued that every team can be refereed by both international and non-international officials, and that no club has the right to a tailored refereeing service.

Tebas' criticism of Real Madrid's article against LaLiga

The executive also focused on an article published by the club that directly attacks LaLiga. In that text, according to Tebas, it is claimed that referees harm "the business that feeds them". The statement prompted an immediate response: "What exactly is being asked? That refereeing should depend on revenue, audiences or badge? What a way to understand equality in the competition."

Tebas acknowledged the importance of Real Madrid for the competition but firmly rejected the idea that LaLiga has no value without the club. Making such a claim, he said, "reveals contempt for the other clubs, their fans and their history." And he concluded: "The competition is not anyone's property."

Tebas denies the refereeing conspiracy against Real Madrid

Claiming that referees are directed against Real Madrid is living in another galaxy. That narrative serves as an alibi to cover other shortcomings that are clearly visible in these first games of the season.

The LaLiga president went even further by saying that the story of refereeing persecution works as an excuse to avoid talking about what happens on the pitch. "It is more comfortable to point to a conspiracy than to explain what happens on the pitch," he stated. He also made clear that his position is not driven by temporary interests: "And my position does not depend on any role: a refereeing error does not prove a conspiracy, nor does repeating it for years make it true."

Tebas' strong closing in the middle of September

The message ended with a sentence in capital letters that sums up the general tone of his intervention: "TAKE OFF THE BLINDFOLD! We are in September and they are already calling the league rigged. No one with common sense believes the usual alibi anymore." With this statement, Tebas dismissed any hint of a tainted competition and placed Madrid's complaints within a repeated narrative that, in his view, no longer convinces anyone.

The refereeing controversy in the derby and Real Madrid's reaction

Tebas' response comes after a Madrid derby marked by several refereeing decisions that upset Real Madrid. The club has been denouncing what it considers unequal treatment by the refereeing body through Real Madrid TV and articles in its official channels. LaLiga, however, closes ranks around the integrity of the competition and now responds with a direct message from its top executive.

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