32 years have passed, but there are things that are never forgotten. On December 3, 1988, a derby at the Santiago Bernabéu between the Atlético de Madrid and the Real Madrid that finished with 2-1 for the Whites was surrounded by much controversy, with the colchoneros suffering a scandalous refereeing that gave much to talk about.
Atlético was greatly affected by the performance of Martin Navarrete. He did not see a penalty to Manolo, expelled Ear after Buyo purposely collided with Futre and after he feigned an aggression from the mattress, he missed a very hard entry of Buyo on Manolo and an assault of Galician on Baltazar and, to top it all, he did not see the offside of up to three white players in both Martin Vazquez, in the discount, which gave the victory to the locals.
As well, Paulo Futre, who was also expelled that night, recalled that night on social media. And he has done it by calling Buyo “Robert de Niro”For the great performance of the Galician goalkeeper at the Bernabéu. By the way, that now, the Portuguese and the Betanzos are getting along, after the eternal war they starred on the pitch in the Madrid derbies they played.