The Valencian press explodes: “Robo”, “Mano Negreira” and “butifarra de chorizo”

‘Scandal’, ‘VARgüenza’, ‘Mano Negreira’ and ‘Robo’. These are the harsh descriptions that can be read in the Valencian sports press after FC Barcelona’s victory over Ché’s team at Camp Nou. After the defeat and the referee failing to signal a contact from Kessié on Fran Pérez in the culé area, which would have meant a penalty and the opportunity for Valencia to take a point from Camp Nou, the local press has exploded against arbitration.

“Robbery”, “Scandal” and “Butifarra de chorizo”

‘Superdeporte’ is very harsh in its denunciation, both on the cover (‘Robo’) and on the inside pages, in a text where it mentions ‘Butifarra de chorizo’ to refer to Valencia’s match at Camp Nou. That article mentions that “Valencia is not where it is because of the referees”, but it does specify that “the referees are tightening the noose around its neck”, while pointing out that “with scandals as stinking as the ‘Negreira case’ the panorama is not enough to fall off a cherry”. ‘Superdeporte’ goes a step further and reflects that Alberola Rojas’ performance at Camp Nou “shows that justice in Spanish football is conspicuous by its absence”, they say.

Counter-chronicle: ‘Negreira flies over Camp Nou’

In ‘Las Provincias also tough to explain the Camp Nou game. “Varapalo with controversy,” they headlined. In the counter-chronicle, this newspaper headlines “Negreira flies over Camp Nou”, while another opinion article talks about the arbitration damage to Valencia and refers to the “danger of being ignored”. In fact, this newspaper notes in its interior that the Association of Small Shareholders of Valencia is considering taking legal action for “the suspicious arbitration proceedings that Valencia is suffering from”. That is, he is considering filing a complaint against the RFEF and the Technical Committee of Referees.

Complaints against the RFEF and the referees are under investigation

‘Levante’ thus refers to the game between Kessié and Fran. “In the replay you can clearly see how the Ivorian player does not hit the ball but the boot of the Valencian selection player. With five minutes left, the VAR, where Jaime Latre was, did not judge the game and awarded a corner kick to Mestalla’s team,” they note..

For its part, ‘Plaza Deportiva’ commented on the controversial action that “andIn the final stretch, Kessié brought down Fran Pérez inside the penalty area and both Alberola Rojas and VAR ignored the penalty. There was contact,” they conclude. The Valencian digital newspaper also repeats the protests of the Valencian expedition and the complaints of Miguel Ángel Corona and Rubén Baraja, who felt that a clear penalty kick from Kessié had fallen on Fran Pérez.