The 'Negreira case' continues to give people something to talk about. Not only in the courts, but also in the LaLiga refereeing establishment. The last to speak out on this matter were Hernández Hernández and De Burgos Bengoetxea, active members of the Spanish First Division. Both agree that the judicial plot harms the arbitration group and responsibilities must be resolved, in what is the "most damaging matter in all of history for arbitrators."
This is how the Canarian international described yesterday the damage that the alleged sporting corruption between Negreira and Barça has caused to the Spanish referees: "It is irreparable," he added in this regard at COPE. Likewise, he understands that it destroys what he had until now presumed. the arbitration committee, that is, to be an “independent” and “clean” entity.
“It is a mole that will be difficult for us to remove. Most of us have nothing to hide. Let them investigate me whatever they want. What we want is that if there is someone guilty, they should come out and pay," said Bengoetxea in parallel for Onda Cero. The two referees deny having anything to hide about the Negreira case, as well as having a direct influence on the results of the national competition. .
“Of the first five games that I refereed, Barcelona only won two. And on the other hand, of the 12 against Real Madrid, they won 10. If the objective was to help Barcelona, the statistics do not add up," says Hernández Hernández about the alleged referee aid to Barça at the request of the former vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA).
The Canarian referee assures that he “never received any indication” from Negreira, given that “he was responsible for calling the promoted and relegated players.” “You agreed with the referees' four calls and met with him within a minute when he told you where you were classified. “That was all the relationship you had.”
The opinion of the veteran Spanish referees is also in line with that expressed yesterday morning by Luís Medina Cantalejo in the Villalonga Room in Las Rozas, to take stock of the first third of the season, in a refereeing key. “We want this to be resolved as soon as possible,” stated the president of the Technical Arbitration Committee.
“If they have evidence, let them punish him now (...) and let whoever did it pay for it. Be it Negreira, Barcelona or whoever. If the judge has the name and surname of the referee who has been involved in that plot, let him pay for it," stressed the former referee who finds the assessments being carried out in the case "inappropriate."
Cantalejo stressed that “we have to respect the judge's order because if not, we cannot ask for respect. But I don't share it at all. It is a bit risky to talk about indications, comments...".
Likewise, he pointed out the problems that some of the Spanish referees suffer when they whistle in different stadiums. “Our professional referees are protected, but those who go to other fields are experiencing being called 'Negreira'. “This has done a lot of damage to refereeing,” he added.
