You only have to dig a little to uncover what should never be present in soccer.
Yolanda Parga, the head of women's refereeing in the Federation, whose household receives a paycheck from Real Madrid every month, has her favorite referees under control and knows how to move them.
The Favorite Referee of the Real Madrid Delegate's Wife
For example, Olatz Rivera Olmedo, the referee who officiated the controversial clásico. She is not just any referee; she is the go-to referee for the person who controls the refereeing scene in Spain.
With Sunday's clásico in Montjuïc, Rivera Olmedo matches Marta Huerta de Aza as the referee who has officiated the most clásicos: five. For these types of matches, always trusted personnel. Rivera Olmedo has proven that she can be trusted.
She is so trusted that she has officiated three of the last six clásicos. Mundo Deportivo recalls Rivera Olmedo refereed the two clásicos, out of 18, in which Barça had the most difficulties, scoring only one goal.
Here There Is No Fridge. Here There Are Rewards
Everything is very controlled, no one will go to the fridge, as happens with male referees who are not liked by Florentino Pérez. Here there is a reward: Euro Cup and World Cup.
The discontent that the refereeing of the clásico has caused in the world of women's soccer is understandable. In fact, it has been revealed today that the footballers are jumping on Florentino's bandwagon. They are not asking for English referees; they are asking for men.
In some way, they are denouncing the poor level of refereeing by female referees. They demand that they also be officiated by the best, to avoid situations of incompetence like those on Sunday.
"The best should referee us, it doesn't matter if they are boys or girls. Doesn't it happen with men? Well, the same," said Cata Coll, Barça's goalkeeper, recently.
No One Invites Yolanda Parga to Leave
There is panic at the possibility that what happened in Montjuïc is not a one-day wonder. It becomes the future dominant trend in the goal of bringing Real Madrid closer to Barça.
The next step in the application of VAR in the women's league, which is still considered second-tier. Then what happens happens: if the decision depends on the referee... It is understood that Real Madrid misses soccer without VAR.
They are very sensitive about Negreira, no one invites the wife of the Real Madrid delegate, Megía Dávila, to leave her position. She may be very honest, but it is also necessary that she appears to be. She doesn't seem to be.