The refereeing of Alberola Rojas in Real Madrid’s 1-1 draw with Girona, which keeps them out of the LaLiga title race with Barcelona, was harshly criticized on the +90 de Fox Sports Mexico program by analyst Carlos Sequeyro, with categorical and blunt statements related to the referee’s intention to harm by not awarding the Kylian Mbappe penalty.

“This scoundrel knows it’s a penalty,” he said. “He also booked Mbappe in a play in the first half identical. Either it is or it is not, but it is a scoundrel who marked invented offsides. There is a play in which Mbappe is three meters enabled, the player who is ahead is Vinicius who is on the other side and marks an offside.”

“This man is a scoundrel. Really, he has to be investigated, it’s a shame that Florentino is so confident with the FIFA issue. But FIFA is not going to help him, it is now with the World Cup, it does not care now about Real Madrid, although it sends a giant document with all the arbitrariness that exists in Spanish football,” he explained.

Criticism also of Madrid and its players

The harsh criticism of the referee was also accompanied by reproaches to Real Madrid’s play and the performance of some of its players, such as Camavinga and Mbappe, who did not have a good game.

“This game, you have to score the penalty, the expulsion, Mbappe takes it and Real Madrid wins the game. And Barca win the league, because Madrid have not done things right. It’s another thing, you don’t have to confuse it. Today Madrid play badly at football, yes they do play badly. There are players like Camavinga who cannot be starters at Real Madrid,” he said.

“Let’s not expect him to solve against Bayern, he is not ready to play for Real Madrid. Today Vini and Mbappe were very lukewarm, especially Mbappe, very misguided with the ball, did not define well. Bellingham was very hasty, even though he recovered many balls near the front, but he does not give good passes. Real Madrid is not good. That is a reality, but that is a penalty man, for God’s sake,” he reiterated.

Outrage over penalty not awarded to Mbappe

The Fox Sports analyst again attacked Alberola Rojas, whom he ended up describing as a “thief”. “The rules are the rules, that’s a penalty. You have to mark what is there. If not then we are conditioning the regulations. If the other day you gave a red card to Barcelona they would have drawn, and maybe the distance is not so much. It all goes together. Madrid lack ‘punch’, they did not have the ability to handle the ball,” he said.

Guler came on, but he didn’t make an impact. Bellingham didn’t combine well, Mbappe looked clumsy. Valverde didn’t appear much, Brahim didn’t make an impact in the game. “That’s a reality, I didn’t like the line-up that Arbeloa presented,” he said. “I would have liked to see Gonzalo from the start, for example, maybe rest Mbappe and bring him on as a substitute in the second half. Another kind of thing, bad in the performance, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that it was a penalty,” he insisted.

“We also get used to the fact that, as Madrid does not win, we mark whatever. This Mr. Alberola is a scoundrel, they have to investigate and suspend him, he is a thief with all the letters. Another thing is that Madrid does not play good football, those are two different things,” he said.