On Saturday, things became ugly in the final of Real Madrid vs Barcelona Copa del Rey, when defender Antonio Rudiger attacked the referee in the dying minutes of the match. Rudiger lost the land after Barcelona scored a late winner, threw a bag full of ice and aimed the referee’s head.
Real Madrid defender rage rage after a late goal and his teammates had to stop. Four members of the Real Madrid coaching staff held Rudiger back because the whole bench protested against a possible foul on Kylian Mbappe in the last moments of the match.
The scenes are ugly at Estadio de la Cartuja in Seville after the referee threw the last whistle in the next time, with Barcelona leading 3-2 against Real Madrid.
Officials of the match took note of the incident and not only filed a red card, but also gave marching orders Lucas Vazquez and Jude Bellingham. Of the three players, only Bellingham was on the pitch when the last whistle was blown.
Rudiger is now facing a possible more game suspension for throwing a bag full of ice on the referee and protesting in the last moments. In his report on the match, Ricardo de Burgos Bengoech wrote that Rudiger “threw an item from a coaching area that did not reach me,” he added that Madrid’s defender showed a “aggressive attitude”.
Barcelona vs Real Madrid: Referee controversy
The controversy intervened before the final of Copa del Rey. Madrid hit against the officials of the match who were about to serve the final of the tournament and accused them of “hostility and hostility” towards the club. Madrid urged the Spanish FA to act and even boycott a press conference before the match.
Madrid’s statements came after the desperate Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxa addressed a press conference to call Real Madrid’s previous errors.
De Burgos expressed his anxiety about creating such a video package, and said, “When a child arrives at school and his friends tell him that his father is a thief, you are a disease.”
He continued to emphasize his integrity and challenge that many officials, in professional football and local level.
“What I do is try to educate your son to tell him that his father is an honest man, that he makes mistakes like any other athlete. It’s very difficult, I don’t recommend anyone.
“It is not right what we walk for many colleagues … Let everyone think about where we want to go, what we want from sport and football.”
Published:
Kingshuk Kusari
Published on:
27th April 2025
