The referee at the center of Jude Bellingham’s red card line shared how his family had been targeted with threats and “ attacks ” and stressed that football “ becoming uncontrollable ” and the “promotion of the violence ”in a Spanish television program.
Juan Luis Munuera Montero presented an English international card with a right red card during the Real Madrid shock with Osasuna on Saturday, after having believed that Bellingham had said to him: “F *** you”.
Bellingham argued that he had said “F *** off” with frustration in the face of his own actions, but his pleas to stay on the ground fell into the ear of a deaf, and the 21 -year -old could do Faced with an important ban for its use of coarse and abusive language.
In the wake of the swirling controversy, Real Madrid would have even planned to leave Laliga while they believe that Bellingham’s sending was only the most recent of a series of decisions to go against them.
Adding to the noise, Munuera Montero is under investigation by the compliance committee of the Spanish football federation (RFEF) for an unrelated incident focused on its “ extra-sporting activities ”.
The manager is the owner of a sports consulting agency, Talentis Sports, whose alleged customers include UEFA, Laliga and several other football clubs, such as Atletico Madrid and Manchester City.
Jose Luis Munuera Montero spoke out against the abuses received by the referees in Laliga
The manager ended up in the shooting line after giving Jude Bellingham a right red card
But Munuera Montero wanted to emphasize that he had never been paid by a football entity and that he is ready to defend himself in the handle during an appearance on El Partidazo on Tuesday evening.
The manager added that the referees were constantly threatened, declaring: “Today, it was my turn, but for how long has the committee underwent these attacks?
“They differ my nephews, they attack my nine brothers, my 80 -year -old father went to mass today and … I would better keep silent.
“What do we create? How can we show in a newspaper the barbarities that we say? Are we crazy? Do we contact violence or do we promote it? It becomes uncontrollable. What sport do we create with football?
“Before they still send me one hundred thousand threats or death insults, I silenced my LinkedIn account so that the same thing will not happen again. I am not afraid, it is for my protection and that of my family. They are in the wrong direction, very worried.
“They didn’t ask me to stop because they know it is impossible. My parents don’t deserve this.
Munuera Montero wanted not to return to the controversy of Real Madrid, adding that he had not thought of what happened on Saturday. ”
He added: “People should not believe everything they read. We have to try to help. I published the declaration because I could no longer take it. Are you walking in the street … But where are we going with that?
“We are professionals who have families, who want the best for football and we don’t want to make mistakes. As long as Munuera Montero is on the ground or in the Var, he will continue to make mistakes.
Munuera Montero highlighted the difficulties that the referees face and the way in which antipathic fans are human error
“If people thought that with the Var, the mistakes would end, they were wrong. As long as we are people, we will continue to make mistakes, let’s be clear. We did not put the Var in place, the teams did it.
The referee also argued that his company had been created in order to “transmit the arbitration values to young people”.
“Since I have been doing it for a long time, I have thought of creating a business,” continued Munuera Montero. “I have been doing it for a year now, and I and other sportsmen, give conferences to businesses of all kinds.
“ As an additional service, and this is where the whole waste comes from, we offer a free service on LinkedIn to the people who go to these conferences, without any connection, let’s be clear, neither economic nor contact, in which we Create a database with the job offers generated by sport, basketball, tennis, football … so that young people who have made a third cycle diploma in sport have a reference site To be able to see these job offers. Complete stop. There is nothing else.
Munuera Montero explained that he would not be around Laliga this weekend due to “twenty referees and ten games” and added that he wanted to withdraw “until it was clarified”.
On the other hand, Real Madrid – and Jude Bellingham – will take action on Wednesday evening, when they compete with Manchester City in order to confirm their place in the final of the Champions League.
The Spanish giants have an advance of a goal after Bellingham scored a late winner at Etihad to slide equality 3-2 on the road.
