Real Madrid’s social media post explained as La Liga champions continue bitter feud with Barcelona - Inside Europe

Barcelona club president Joan Laporta has taken a dig at Real Madrid, calling them a “team of the regime” under former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco that have been historically favoured by referees. During a press conference on Monday, Laporta broke his silence over the refereeing scandal surrounding Barcelona to explain the case of the club’s payments to Enriquez Negreira, following accusations of paying €7 million (£6m) over 18 years to the vice-president of Spain’s refereeing committee.

Ad But Laporta took the opportunity to put Real Madrid under the spotlight, suggesting Los Blancos benefitted from “favouritism” during Franco’s 36-year reign between 1939-1975. Champions LeagueHow to watch Chelsea v Real Madrid in the Champions LeagueYESTERDAY AT 10:29 Madrid hit back at Laporta’s comments with a captionless post on social media on Monday; a four minute video in which they ask «which is the team of the regime?” and attempted to illustrate how Barcelona were a custodian of the dictator.

Eurosport Spain’s Felix Martin has been in touch to explain the significance behind Real Madrid's response. What did Laporta say in his press conference? What is the video and why is it significant? “Laporta gave a press conference yesterday (60 days later), to explain the case of Barcelona's payments to Negreira, who was the president of the Referees’ Committee,” Martin explained.

“Laporta, perhaps as a communication strategy, and to divert attention, made a statement that has been very viral saying that Real Madrid was the main favoured team during the Franco regime, something to which Madrid responded with the video on social media. “The post has reflected in some way the open war that exists today between Real Madrid and