It is not unusual for Carlo Ancelotti to make statements about refereeing actions, even by questioning their decisions and stating categorically that they “invented” a penalty. All this happened after the Whites drew against Girona last Sunday at the Bernabéu, directed by Melero López. Italian, Marco Asensio’s penalty game, the ball hit “in the chest, not the hand”, later declared that the penalty was “invented”. Coach stated that he talked to his player and confirmed that this was the case.

His words caused The Technical Referee Committee sent its complaint to the Competition Committee, Realizing that his words are punishable, as in the case of Valencian Gayá (coincidentally Melero López), who lost four games for criticizing a referee.

RFEF kicks in

This Monday, Ancelotti was joined by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), which launched a sanction process for his statements about Melero. The RFEF Integrity Committee has notified the Competition Committee, following a complaint from the Referee’s Technical Committee, to sanction Ancelotti for “two to four matches” for his performances. Against the decision of the RFEF Competition Committee, there is an appeal to the Administrative Court of Sport (TAD), an option that Madrid will use if their coach is finally punished.

A process will now be opened where the Competition will appoint an investigating judge to take the statement from the Real Madrid coach on Wednesday and consider the complaint from the referees. The enforcement process will take about a month.

They are outraged by the referee’s performance in the Bernabéu’s offices and everything that has happened after Carletto’s statements. And if the coach is eventually penalized, the club will appeal to higher authorities to show their disagreement. In any case, the resolution of the ‘Ancelotti File’ will never happen before the Qatar 2022 World Cup, which will calm the waters.