The sports journalist Carlos Martinez has granted an extensive interview to Jot Down in which he spoke of various current affairs, also focusing on the criticism received by fans and defending the role of the media.
The narrator has made reference to the words that Florentino Pérez, president of real Madridmade public a few years ago in which he stated that “Movistar does not treat us well”. For the journalist, this statement responds to a question of personal perception: “Because Florentino thinks that what happens on TV in general and in the media in general is not enough to his liking. And The truth is that if you don’t like it enough, things are being done right, because the idea of the media is not to be sufficiently liked by a president, but to tell things with the emotion and passion that happen.”
Trying to say that the referees whistle for one side or whistle for another in an organized way… is ridiculous
The narrator also stressed the importance of treating all fans equally, regardless of which team they belong to: “BecauseAmong other things, we are paid the same, the same fee, by the Murcia season ticket holder as the Madrid, Barça, Atlético de Madrid or Zaragoza season ticket holder.. There are no distinctions and we must treat all subscribers with the same respect.”
In relation to the usual suspicions about arbitrations and possible manipulations, Martínez was categorical in ruling out any conspiracy theory: “If a referee makes a mistake or not with a penalty, we will say that we believe he made a mistake, but we will not make a conspiracy theory to seem like everyone alters the results so that I don’t know what happens. Well no, because among other things I don’t believe in it. I’ve watched enough football to know that’s ridiculous. Trying to say that the referees whistle one way, they whistle another, in an organized way, with a man who calls and picks up the phone and says: “Hey, this week or this year…”
If a referee makes a mistake or not with a penalty, we will say that we believe he made a mistake, but we will not make a conspiracy theory
The journalist also referred to the reviews that he receives on social networks, downplaying their importance and pointing out that they are part of the football environment: “It’s the heat that football has, but it doesn’t affect me at all. First, because accusing you of things that you know you are not, what difference does it make who accuses you? The thing is that those from Barça, the Barça fans, accuse me of being a Real Madrid fan, but not a Real Madrid fan, but rather a little more than a payment from Florentino.. The Madrid fans, the other way around, I am the most recalcitrant anti-Madrid supporter on Earth; those of Betis, of Sevilla; those of Sevilla, of Betis. In thirty-six years, no one has ever approached me and said: ‘You’re on my team.’. “That hasn’t happened to me.”
In 36 years no one has ever approached me and said: ‘You are on my team’
Regarding the criticism, he left a strong final reflection: “I am always on the rival team. Among many other things, I have come to develop the theory, that I sometimes chat with friends who are very enthusiastic and who say the same thing, depending on what they are, If they are from Barça they think I am from Madrid, if they are from Madrid they think I am from Barça. I tell them: “What’s wrong with you is that you’ve never heard me sing a goal for your team.”
