Good Morning. Yesterday it became known that the referee who will referee the Clásico next Sunday is none other than Martínez Munuera. The announcement immediately brought back memories of the last time this braid refereed a Madrid-Barça match. Madrid won thanks to a penalty committed on Sergio Ramos.
The fact that said penalty was crystal clear did not prevent a subject who goes by the name of Iván San Antonio, and who perpetrates articles (?) in Sport, from believing Woodward and Bernstein merged into one to go to Benidorm and take a video and some photos at the door of Martínez Munuera’s father’s business, accusing him of being a madridista (the father, not Munuera, but also) and of having founded a white club in said establishment.
Later it was shown that none of that was true, but the slander was there and, what is even more serious, along with the marking of the father’s business premises, there was also a brief invitation to social ridicule, if not pure escrache.
Far from rectifying, the citizen of San Antonio boasted on Radio Marca (where we still don’t understand how they continue to invite him) about the fruits obtained by his unqualifiable report (?): since I did that, he came to say, Madrid is no longer asked penalties in favor The bad thing is that he was right: San Antonio triumphed. His miserable action visibly frightened the team, who did not award a penalty for the Whites for many months, and the referees cannot be blamed for that reluctance. If every time I ask for something in favor of Madrid, everyone would think, a newspaper can send a reporter (?) to show where someone from my close family lives or works, accusing him of being a Madridista, I will have to think very long before do it.
And you see it: Martínez Munuera whistles a Clásico again. If what happened in San Antonio made the group in general cringe when they whistled for Madrid, and they thought twice before awarding a penalty -even if it was fair-, imagine to what extent that ghost has to cross the head of the referee in question , the same one who saw his closest family harassed for the mere fact of having RIGHT in a decision, without, by the way, absolutely no one from the establishment coming out in defense of his partner, in a black episode of cowardice and inaction on the part of the CTA.
How much courage can be asked of Martínez Munuera on Sunday? Is it humanly acceptable for a referee to whistle a Madrid-Barça again, maintaining the requirement of objectivity, when the threat of inflicted family suffering must still be inevitably present in his head?
For the rest, and regarding the covers of the day, we have an AS interview with Casemiro. We are very grateful to one of the main sports newspapers in Spain for giving us the opportunity to read the impressions of the midfielder, of whom we are obviously devoted.
Sport reflects the victory against Galatasaray, which allows Barça to go to the quarterfinals of the European consolation tournament. This from the Europali It’s like a game for the third and fourth place of those Teresa Herrera homers that the oldest of you will remember, only much longer. Today Barça’s next rival is drawn, and pay attention to the Catalan newspaper’s amazing highlight in this regard: “Atalanta, West Ham and Leipzig, the coconuts to avoid in the draw this afternoon in Nyon”.
Atalanta. Westham. Leipzig. The coconuts. Nothing to add, Your Honor. It seems to us, with all due respect, so absolutely revealing regarding the category of the tournament that Xavi’s men will surely win that we have only been able to amplify these words to turn them into the title of today’s analysis port.
“Atalanta, West Ham, Leipzig: the coconuts”. Coconuts TO AVOID, attention. What an absolute marvel.
“Atalanta, West Ham, Leipzig: the coconuts”. It must be said more.
Of course, in that same draw, in less than two hours, we will know the pairings of the other European title, the real one, which will be decided this year. Are you nervous? Alberto Cosín summarized here what would be his preferred order of preference.
Good luck for the others but unfortunately for some, Madrid will have to play.
Have a good day.
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