A player in an orange uniform appears to be falling to the ground while another player in a blue and white uniform is on the grass, and there is a box with a man looking to the side.
Jota Jordi opines without hesitation about Carlos Romero's tackle on Kylian Mbappé | Camara Real Madrid Confidencial
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The height of hypocrisy, Jota Jordi outdoes himself with his reflection on the entry

The panelist from 'El Chiringuito de Jugones' delivers a verdict that surprises and outrages Madridists.

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Enrique Sanz

One of the controversies of the week, at least until the next matches are played, is the tackle from behind, including a stomp, that Carlos Romero made on Kylian Mbappé. The match referee, Muñiz Ruiz, decided to penalize that action with a yellow card, something that has cost him dearly: the CTA leaves him out of the Atlético-Getafe Copa del Rey match.

The same has happened with an Iglesias Villanueva who, from the VOR room in Las Rozas, didn't warn his colleague to go to the monitor to review a possible direct red card. For most of the refereeing experts, consulted by almost all the sports media in our country, it's considered the "biggest mistake in years". Jota Jordi's verdict is not the same.

A player in an orange uniform tries to dodge a tackle from a player in a blue and white uniform during a match, while the scoreboard shows a tie at zero.
The brutal kick Kylian Mbappé received against Espanyol | DAZN

The commentator of "El Chiringuito de Jugones" believes that the action is well solved. He explained it this way in the latest program of the MEGA sports talk show: "It's a yellow, it's a lateral play where he grazes him". That development hasn't convinced many, especially when there's easy access to the images showing the entire sequence of Carlos Romero's kick.

Kylian Mbappé launches into the counterattack, with the ball controlled, down the right wing of the merengue attack. Carlos Romero, knowing that he can't reach the Madridist '9', decides to go to the ground... with little chance of contesting the ball and with the sole of his right boot forward.

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The impact on the left calf of the Bondy striker is very hard and knocks him down instantly. Despite the plasticity of the play, which Muñiz Ruiz was 'watching' from a few meters away, the Galician committee referee decided to caution with a yellow card the Spanish left-back. Jota Jordi believes that this 'punishment' is correctly applied.

While he indirectly acknowledges that Carlos Romero impacts with his studs on the Madridist striker's leg, the Barça panelist believes that there's a graze and not an impact. This mildness in judging a "reckless" action contrasts with his own words about FC Barcelona players.

Man with worried expression wearing white headphones.
Jota Jordi during a program of "El Chiringuito de Jugones" | Real Madrid Confidencial

Because the protests of the blaugrana commentator are common when players like Lamine Yamal or Raphinha are subjected to brutal actions like the one experienced by Kylian Mbappé at the RCDE Stadium. It is then that Jota Jordi calls for "protection" for the stars and really harsh penalties for the offenders. But now, that a player from the white club is affected, he seems to have radically changed his appreciation of the same issue.

Be that as it may, Real Madrid has definitively left this controversy behind. Especially after learning of the CTA's decision, a 'neverazo' to Muñiz Ruiz and Iglesias Villanueva that confirms the complaints made by the white entity through its television.

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