Raúl Martín Presa He speaks to MARCA three hours after finishing the match between his team and Real Sociedad, a match marked by controversy and by the decisions of José Luis Guzmán, field referee and Juan Luis Pulido in the VAR. The president of Rayo Vallecano is very clear and tells MARCA, verbatim, that “it is the most influential arbitration in a result in the last 40 years in the Spanish League.”
Rayo Vallecano 3-3 Real Sociedad LaLiga Summary
“It is outrageous, I cannot believe what has happened with the field referee and the VAR referee, who with their decisions have seriously harmed Rayo Vallecano. I have been watching football since 1982 and I repeat, I have never seen refereeing as influential in a result as this afternoon in Vallecas. I don’t give credit. The Technical Committee of Referees and especially the corresponding commissions have to explain to us what has happened and then take action,” Martín Presa insisted on the Rayo-Real Sociedad arbitration decisions.
I have been watching football since 1982 and I repeat, I have never seen refereeing as influential in a result as this afternoon in Vallecas
The Vallecano president coincided in the box with Fran Soto and described a scene experienced after the controversy: “Fran Soto, the head of the Technical Committee of Referees, was at the game, in the box, and I know that he left indignant.. “We are going to see what measures are taken against the field referee and the VAR referee, but of course this has no name.”
Harmed at a momentous moment
Rayo Vallecano feels “tremendously harmed” by the refereeing decisions and, Presa highlights, “at a key moment in the league where we are risking permanence and presence in Europe. I hope that the committees, both from the Federation of Referees and of course the Competition Committeetake due account of what happened. Of course they are not going to give us the points, but what we have to keep in mind is that A tremendous injustice has been committed with Rayo Vallecano and, depending on what happens in the future, we will take steps to hold those responsible accountable.”
Martín Presa’s indignation did not subside despite the passing of the hours: “This cannot happen in a league like the Spanish one, where a team today, Rayo Vallecano, that was risking its life, has been seriously harmed by the referee’s decisions. We are going to wait to see what decisions are made by the Federation and the committees, but of course the indignation is total. I cannot believe what I have seen today in Vallecas.”
This cannot happen in a league like the Spanish one, I can’t believe what I saw today in Vallecas
Messages of solidarity and indignation
The president also bases his indignation on the number of messages received from people related to football who have sent him their shared astonishment with the referee’s decisions: “I want to thank everyone who has contacted me and, in a very special way, the mediathat those who were in Vallecas and those who were following from the radio stations or from the newspapers have shown me their indignation, to the point that they tell me that Paco González, the mythical Paco González, has said that this could not happen and has taken off his headphones saying that it was inadmissible and unpresentable. I want to thank everyone“.
And he ends with a sentence: “I have always respected the referees, but what happened is unprecedented in the history of Spanish football. And There will be a before and after with today’s refereeing in the Spanish League“.
