Medina Cantalejo's Reaction to the Scandal Before the Copa Final: 'Let's...'

The major controversy of the Copa del Rey final between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona is already more than served. The white club reacted forcefully to the words of Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea and Pablo González Fuertes in their particular press conference prior to this grand final in Seville. Despite everything, Carlo Ancelotti's pupils will indeed be on the field at La Cartuja to face the blue and garnet squad.

The formal complaint from Real Madrid, expressed through two official statements, has provoked multiple reactions in all directions. It has even summoned those who were not called to this great Spanish soccer match. Aside from those comments, the intervention of Luis Medina Cantalejo has been another comment in this controversy.

The president of the CTA assured that both the Committee and the RFEF itself have traveled to Seville "so that the match is played", something that will happen according to Real Madrid. "We have been preparing for more than a month or two months what is the soccer festival", Medina Cantalejo noted about what happened on the eve of that cup final. Thus, "as the person responsible for refereeing, what I have to do is call for calm" to prevent the controversy from escalating even further.

Medina Cantalejo points out that from the CTA "we are simply going to contribute to having a good match, to having the referees do their job" and to having everything run perfectly. Especially because of the "thousands of people who have traveled from all over Spain to experience this soccer festival", as well as the "Federation workers" summoned for this match.

Immediate Turnaround

Luis Medina Cantalejo rectifies a few hours later, during the official dinner that Real Madrid did not attend, the statements of the referees chosen to officiate the final. The words of González Fuertes and de Burgos Bengoetxea have provoked multiple comments, statements, and responses that overshadow the sporting tension prior to a great Copa del Rey final.

Especially because it is a match where much more than a title is at stake. Real Madrid has the opportunity to 'save' a season affected by the elimination in the Champions League quarter-finals... in addition to contributing to Carlo Ancelotti remaining as the first team's coach until at least the end of the current league season.

Meanwhile, FC Barcelona has the chance to win this title to achieve their first treble in history since 2015. The decade without major successes that the culé entity has gone through could come to an end with the sports direction of Hansi Flick this season. Despite the reasons that unite both teams to perform at their best, the debate is now focused on the referees of the match at the La Cartuja stadium.

Real Madrid has tried to avoid focusing the debate on Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea and Pablo González Fuertes, but the statements of both referees are presented as "inadmissible" for the entity. It is those "public statements" of "clear and manifest animosity and hostility from these referees" that have entangled the debate about one of the most desired matches of the season.