Rubiales apologizes for the controversial broadcast at Madrid-Athletic

"In the television there are times that do not repeat played that they are very important. All the world sees that there is a big difference no only in the repetition of the images, but in the comments of the people that are not never favourable to the Real Madrid. It is a popular clamour the different deal that do us to the Madrid and to the rest of teams". These words of Florentino Pérez does several weeks have gone back to go out to the palestra after the Supercopa of Spain​.

The Madrid, that remained deleted of the tournament after losing against the Athletic Club in the semifinals, carries two parties of consecutive form complaining exactly of the same that regretted his president. The surroundings merengue protested that against Osasuna in the past day of League, in the transmission did not show repetition of a controversial agarrón on Casemiro in the last minute that could have been penalti.

But shortly after this incident, in the transmission of the 'semis' of Supercopa went back to occur the same with another action that could have been maximum penalty. In this case, it treated of some possible hands of Unai Núñez in the discount that the VAR reviewed during several minutes. The problem was that by television the only that saw was another played with Sergio Bouquets and Mikel Vesga in which it did not happen absolutely at all.

While in the VAR, in theory, reviewed a possible hand inside the area, as it specified the label that saw in screen, in TV saw one and again the mentioned action of Bouquets. It did not go until after the meeting when the distinct takings of the possible hand saw . It was 'Movistar' the one who published them after the controversy and the reaction of the madridistas, tremendously annoying by the error.

The apology of Rubiales after the controversy

After all the controversy, Luis Rubiales, president of the Real Spanish Federation of Football, has wanted to go out to excuse and explain the sucedido. The ex player left clear that it was a simple error of the transmission and that was not deliberate. "It did not see and it went an error that did not see in direct. Would have to have issued, went a failure of realisation. It is necessary to apologise when it does something badly. It is a foolishness hide it. It had liked me that it saw in this moment", aimed.

The responsible maximum of the Spanish football affirmed, besides, that does not matter him have to ask pardon. "It is necessary autocríticos and if there are things that do not do well, analyse them and improve them. The positive part is that they have seen and is not penalti", said in 'Sports Four', confirming, as it saw in the images, that the defence of the Athletic did not touch the ball with the hand and that, therefore, was not maximum penalty.