The Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) issued a statement this afternoon in defense of the Valencian referee Juan Martínez Munuera, whom Real Madrid denounced for not having reflected in the minutes the insults against Vinícius in the Osasuna-Real Madrid match played last Saturday in the Sadar.
The CTA statement says the following: "The Technical Committee of Referees of the RFEF wants to express its total and unconditional support for the First Division referee Mr. Juan Martínez Munuera, after the unfair accusations made by Real Madrid C.F. in his complaint to the Competition Committee.
The aforementioned club alludes to a series of warnings made by its players about shouts or chants by the public against the player no. 7 of their club (Vinícius). We must clarify that, once the audios of the match have been reviewed, no indication of any Real Madrid C.F. player is heard. on this issue nor, after the match, did the club delegate inform the referee of any incident related to these shouts or chants, as empowered by article 258, on club delegates, of the General Regulations of the RFEF".
And he continues: "However, the CTA wants to remember that the referee can only include in the record those incidents that occurred before, during and after the match on the field of play or in any other place in the sports facilities or outside them, always who has witnessed the events or, having observed them by any other member of the arbitration team, they are directly communicated to him/her by him/herself, according to article 240 of the aforementioned regulations".
And he continues: "However, Real Madrid C.F. is unaware that the Reporting Official of the match, who belongs to the Technical Committee of Referees, did reflect in his report those public incidents that he considered significant, fulfilling his duties as a Specialized Official in the fight against violence, racism and xenophobia granted by the General Regulations of the RFEF, and which is attached to this statement. So that there is no doubt about this document, you can check how the reporting officer signs his report on Sunday, 17 "March at 2:43 p.m. These reports are sent to the RFEF disciplinary body at the end of each day, as has been done for several seasons."
The CTA statement ends like this: "Finally, the CTA wants to signify that it is the most involved in the fight against all types of violence, racism, xenophobia and intolerance. It is one of the signatories of the Protocol against racism in football, of March 2005, in which it undertakes to reflect all types of racist offenses in which both the participants and the public take part; to the paralysis or momentary interruption of matches when racist, xenophobic or intolerant behavior occurs; and to the suspension of the match, exhausting the means aimed at ensuring that its celebration continues, when the referees consider that the racist, xenophobic or intolerant offenses or behavior are extremely serious. For this reason, in 2022 it once again created a new protocol for action on public incidents. , thus showing that it pursues and will pursue all incidents that pose danger, physical or moral harm to the participants.
The Technical Committee of Referees is open to leading, participating or collaborating in any initiative that the football establishment designates to combat and eradicate violence, racism, xenophobia or intolerance in our sport. "We referees are the main recipients of the verbal and physical violence that occurs on all football fields and, therefore, the most interested in expelling it from football."
This morning, Club Atlético Osasuna issued another statement to deny that its fans uttered racist shouts against Madrid and defends that its fans, "for the most part, had excellent behavior despite the painful result" (2-4).
The statement says that "Club Atlético Osasuna wishes to clarify that no racist chant was uttered. Likewise, it will demand immediate rectification from the media that have offered information that does not conform to reality and will file a complaint against those who persist in the fallacy. "The club will not tolerate the reputation of its fans being tarnished, which throughout its history has been known precisely for its anti-racist stance."
