The story of sociological Madridism, formerly known as "Central Lechera" or "Media Cave", falls into a permanent contradiction. Its foundations vary depending on whether Real Madrid wins or loses.
Real Madrid can indeed complain about the field
It happened last week with the state of the field at Brest's field, Real Madrid's opponent in the Champions League. Before the match, the most radical media serving Florentino Pérez took precautions. It was a potato field, and Real Madrid had an excuse if they didn't win the match.
This is how the same media expressed themselves months ago accusing Xavi Hernández of making excuses when he complained about the field. Xavi was a crybaby for protesting about the field. Real Madrid was right to protest for the same reason.
If Barça protests, it's a crybaby club. Meanwhile, Real Madrid can cry with Negreira
The same happens with referees. If Barça feels wronged and protests: crybaby club, small club, sore loser excuses. If Real Madrid feels wronged, it's open season against the referees and a reminder of Negreira, who remains alive in the souls of many reporters with white scarves.
Marc Crosas, a former Barça youth player now residing in Mexico, has highlighted the hypocrisy of the madridista narrative. He did so after the refereeing by Muñiz Ruiz in the Espanyol-Real Madrid match.
Real Madrid complains by land, sea, and air, and with the volume of their loudspeakers at full blast, about a goal disallowed to Vinícius for a previous foul by Mbappé. And also about a yellow card to Romero that should have been red.
Everyone complains. From the president through the toy of his private TV, to the coach, the one who never talks about referees. The same one who, as Bayern's coach, denounced the paranormal phenomena that happen at Bernabéu and that some call "comebacks."
The sociological Madridism media sector massacred Xavi for making excuses for his defeats and complaining about referees. And they held up Carlo Ancelotti as an example, a true gentleman who never stooped to such lows.
It happens that he didn't stoop because the "heirs of Negreira" didn't give him reasons to complain. Like now: 10 penalties in favor and 0 against. But it's not enough for them, and they need more.
"What a crybaby Xavi was, huh?"
They need a little help in Cornellà when a match against one of the bottom teams gets complicated. The help didn't arrive, and Florentino Pérez's media armada has deployed all its artillery to intimidate the referees.
The "gentleman" Ancelotti complained at the end of the Espanyol-Real Madrid match: "the decision is inexplicable, it was a very ugly tackle. We find it inexplicable that he didn't show a red card."
And Marc Crosas replied to him on X: "What a crybaby Xavi was, huh?"
"Not like Don Carletto, who is a professional and never talks about referees."
And he added, "On the day of Celta in the Cup, for whatever reason, he didn't say anything about the refereeing..."
That day the "gentleman" Ancelotti said: "I haven't seen it and I don't know what to say. I didn't have the tablet on the bench and I haven't seen practically anything.."