BARCELONA, 2 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of FC Barcelona, the competition.
“It's week after week that they condition (the referees). A blind man sees it. And we're not stupid, I'm with 'Cholo' Simeone. Of course we see it, everyone sees it,” he said at a press conference regarding to the videos on the white channel about the arbitrations that, in their view, harm Real Madrid.
Xavi assured that he is surprised that this practice is not put to an end. “I am not the president of the RFEF or LaLiga. But I am surprised that we admit that, as an athlete. And it surprises me a lot. It completely adulterates the competition,” he added.
After Joan Laporta assured this Friday that he saw Real Madrid's attitude in the Negreira Case as an act of “cynicism” and also attacked the Real Madrid TV videos, Xavi jumped on his president's bandwagon.
“I don't like that Real Madrid TV puts pressure on the referees. The referees are conditioned. The Negreira case has not helped either, but we have to compete with that. I share the president's words one hundred percent. It is a reality and we cannot deceive to the Barcelona fan, that's how it is,” he reiterated.