Former La Liga referee on the pressure from the… big ones: “Perez had locked me in a room”

In a special revelation that will be discussed, the former referee of the Spanish league between 1995 and 2012 proceeded, Eduardo Ituralde Gonzales.

In the country of the Iberian Peninsula, in the last 24 hours there has been… panic with the case of Barcelona regarding the payments to the company of the referee Negreira, with the Real Madrid to announce that he will participate in the case against the “Blaugrana”.

However, according to Ituralde Gonzalez who now works as an analyst for Cadena SER and lately defended the innocence of Negreira’s referees, the “Queen” is not so… innocent.

Specifically, after a video from Real Madrid’s official channel to Ituralde, he responded. “It’s the way this TV (Real Madrid TV) works. Since they are journalists, who is calling me into a separate room? Research it. So you can see how some people try to apply pressure. In a 6-1 game against Deportivo or something like that, the game ends, we leave the pitch and the assistants leave with me. There is a man who puts me in a room and tells me: “I only ask you to whistle for me like with Barca”” and continued by saying:

“He was from Real Madrid. I ask him to see if he’s joking and tell him the conversation is over. He wanted to put me in the room alone, but I told him no. After half an hour the Technical Committee already knew. I brought it to their attention, it seemed very serious, so it was… But nothing was done. As Real Madrid TV journalists are good, let them investigate. I’ll make their job easier».

In fact, he then spoke about a special incident with the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Perez: “It hasn’t happened to me more than once, no president has put me in a separate room. I’m interested in facts. The one who put me in a separate room was Florentino Perez. I don’t need to hide. It happened. There is a report, because I made it known. So they can see what pressure means. I’m not going to hide».

In the past, Mr Ituralde had said that refereeing in Spain is very difficult, citing criticism from the media and particularly from Madrid surrounding referees.