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Atletico hit out at Real Madrid ‘influence’ on referees

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MADRID: Atletico Madrid CEO Miguel Angel Gil Marin complained that Real Madrid’s “huge influence” exerts pressure on Spanish referees after his side’s Copa del Rey defeat, a suggestion dismissed by the victors.

Los Blancos beat Atletico in the cup quarterfinal derby clash on Thursday night and Atletico were convinced that Dani Ceballos should have been sent off at the Santiago Bernabeu. “I have full respect for all the officials and I am convinced they always have the best of intentions, but anyone looking in from the outside can see that for decades the same thing almost always happens,” said Gil Marin in a statement. “Unfortunately, it doesn’t surprise anybody anymore, it isn’t news.

It’s very clear and you just have to look back at history. “Madrid are a club with a huge influence, with a lot of interests around them.

They create so much pressure that it’s normal that it affects the people who have to take decisions.” The officials are “aware of what awaits them if they harm them with a mistake, or even if they get something right.

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