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Tomás Roncero exposes what happened in the Mallorca-Barça match: 'Shocking'

The journalist expresses the general feeling among Madridists after Barcelona's first LaLiga match

Barcelona has started the season the same way it ended the last one: with a refereeing scandal. It seems that the supposed changes introduced by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) regarding refereeing have served some purpose. Once again, mistakes that only benefit the Culers and with Negreira's presence in the background, generating distrust and rejection among fans.

Everything began in the 7th minute, with Raphinha opening the scoring from a pass by Lamine Yamal. It would have been a legal goal as long as the ball hadn't gone out of play seconds earlier. The play went unnoticed because it wasn't the worst of all. Later, in the 23rd minute, Barça extended its lead through Ferran Torres, after José Luis Munuera spent 10 seconds with the whistle in his mouth.

Two scenes from a soccer match with players in action, one of them falling to the ground while the ball is in the air and the crowd watches from the stands.
Controversy in the Mallorca-Barça match | LaLiga

It seemed that he was going to stop the match after Raíllo collapsed to the ground clearing a ball with his head. However, he didn't, and Ferran took advantage to score. In this action, Morlanes was booked for complaining, and shortly after, he would see a second yellow for a tackle. Meanwhile, before the end of the first half, Muriqi was sent off after a VAR review.

In summary, 2 goals that shouldn't have counted and 2 more players sent off in the first half. In addition to a red card that was forgiven for Raphinha. The same as always with the usual suspects...

Tomás Roncero, very angry after Mallorca-Barça

Journalist Tomás Roncero didn't hold back, and during the course of Mallorca-Barça, he used his X account.

At first, he showed his anger at not stopping the match with Raíllo lying on the ground: "Referees keep devaluing this league, which is less and less credible. A player lying on the ground after being hit in the head by the ball and Munuera Montero says he doesn't care and it ends in a goal. The new CTA is just as bad or worse than the old one. This is the referee from the last Osasuna-Madrid. Watch out."

He didn't stop there, comparing what would have happened if this refereeing had favored Real Madrid. Tomás Roncero stated: "If this refereeing happened with Madrid on the field, they'd have to bring in the GEOS to get the players off the field. What Munuera did is shocking. Compare it with the Premier League. Pure soccer, not contaminated."

Finally, he also commented on a direct red card that was forgiven for Raphinha for a hard tackle on Mateu Morey: "The red card forgiven for Raphinha?" Meanwhile, he called for a "merciless ban" for José Luis Munuera Montero.