Sports Weekly All-Media Original
On May 12, Florentino held a press conference at the Real Madrid Sports City and decided to start the board of directors election in advance. At the same time, he pointed the finger at his mortal enemy Barcelona and all La Liga referees, describing the "Negrera case" in which the Red and Blues were suspected of bribing referees as "never in the history of world football." "One of the most serious corruption cases in football history" and "one of the most serious scandals in football history". He also said that during his tenure as chairman, seven La Liga trophies of Los Blancos were unfairly "stolen", and declared that he would submit a 500-page file of referee misjudgments to UEFA in order to "solve the root cause of the problem."
In the 36th round of the Spanish Football League, the newly-promoted La Liga champions FC Barcelona, which had just won the El Clasico, were about to play away against Alaves FC. Before the game, the team's top executives had lunch together as usual. A large number of media waited outside the restaurant, hoping to get the views of FC Barcelona FC top brass on Florentino's shocking speech. As soon as Vice Chairman Rafa Just showed up, he was surrounded by microphones.
Juste showed Barcelona's attitude by taking a tough stance and vowed to pursue Fernando's untrue remarks to the end. He said, "In my opinion, Florentino's remarks are extremely sad and there are countless lies. I was neither amused nor could I cry about it. I can only say that I do it for him." Shame on you. We have responded through an official statement and handed over the matter to the legal department. As of yesterday, we will report to you as soon as there are more developments. This is a red line that must not be crossed."
Yost criticized Fernando for diverting public attention in an attempt to alleviate the pressure of public opinion on Real Madrid because they have not won the championship for consecutive years. "Florentino did this to cover up the sports disaster that has existed in the past two years. However, he will not succeed. When we rely on La Masia's youth training and have excellent signings, When we won the La Liga championship for two consecutive years with a 14-point advantage, it is obviously untenable to use the Negrrera case as an argument. It is obviously a piece of cloth used to cover up shame and failure in sports management. When Laporta comes back on July 1, look at Florentino, we will continue to fight for victory.
Referring to Real Madrid's so-called "stolen" seven championships, Yost was very disdainful. He said: "To be honest, this is not true at all. We will protect our own rights and will also fight for the fans. Ask the thousands of Barcelona fans who are immersed in the joy of winning the championship. It is not easy to win the La Liga championship for two consecutive years. This is one of the major domestic league championships with extremely valuable content. No one can take away this joy at will."