“Nothing new at the Bernabéu”, launched Atlético after the draw in the derby through his official Twitter account, where the rojiblanco club also wanted to publish a photograph of the expelled Ángel Correa with the injuries that the Argentine suffered against Real Madrid . «This is the leg of our ‘aggressor’. We continue with no news at the Bernabéu”, added the Atlético’s ‘community manager’ on the social network, who is “very outraged” with the arbitrations at the Bernabéu against Real Madrid. The rojiblanco club cries out against the decisions of the referees in the stadium of the eternal rival and has decided to loudly raise its voice demanding “respect” from the arbitration body.
The ‘team manager’ and spokesman for Atlético, Tomás Reñones, Diego Pablo Simeone and all the players who were asked about the controversial expulsion of Correa for nudged Antonio Rúdiger publicly complained about the red card to the Argentine and the alleged favors to Real Madrid when facing Atlético. According to the derby referee, Gil Manzano, Correa was sent off “for hitting an opponent with his elbow without the ball being in play.”
«Contact is not a blow. Rüdiger is 1.94 and then got up. It can be yellow, but if players are thrown out, that’s why there would be no players left on the field. The arbitration did not play in our favor. We understand. It is normal. It is being normal and it would be good if we could all compete in the same way, “Simeone proclaimed. “We have to help, and if we can, everything will be better for everyone. Every time we come here, it’s not our turn in our favour”, added the Atlético coach with an ironic smile, before reflecting that “VAR exposes errors much more” and also recalled what happened on Friday night during the match between Elche and Betis.
“The players are quite outraged. We should reflect and we ask the arbitration body that these things do not happen. We ask for respect and have enough weapons to be able to fight with dignity, “said Tomás Reñones, after Atlético has suffered three expulsions in three derbies this season and always feels harmed by Gil Manzano from Extremadura.
“We are tired”
«There was no place with the expulsion of Correa, but it is not a surprise. It is becoming a habit with this collegiate. The bad thing is that it becomes something natural, “added the former mattress soccer player, after Atlético also complained a month ago that Ceballos was not sent off in the Cup derby by Soto Grado. The arbitration from La Rioja even provoked a complaint from the CEO, Miguel Ángel Gil Marín, saying that “leaving Madrid with ten in their stadium are big words”
Among the Atlético players, José María Giménez was the most forceful in speaking out about the arbitrations suffered by the team and, especially, against Real Madrid. “We are tired of having to get hurt in situations like this. The referees are not left very calm, but we have to understand each other. It is what feeds our families and they are hurting. I hope that the people who have to talk about it talk about it and we are not the ones who talk about it”, commented the Uruguayan defender of the rojiblanco team.