Jude Bellingham’s pink card towards Osasuna on the weekend had develop into a significant speaking level with Actual Madrid making it some extent to take care of a feud with referees.
Whereas being exhausting carried out by the match officers is just not new in Barcelona, the Merengues look like newly falling prey to non-standardised refereeing selections and are thus making a ruckus out of the scenario.
Their argument, fairly merely, is that the Actual Madrid star didn’t say ‘F*** you’ which the referee claims however ‘F*** off’ – which they deem is extra acceptable within the warmth of a recreation.
Laporta’s jovial response
Bellingham has been caught utilizing distasteful language on the sector a number of occasions this season, and the rationale he has not been sanctioned is probably going due to his reactions coming in English which many officers usually are not aware of.
Earlier at the moment, Barcelona president Joan Laporta was requested to provide his two cents on the Jude Bellingham challenge and he opted to slyly take a dig on the opposition star.
“Happy to fulfill you,” he advised the journalist in English, simply as Bellingham spoke in English on the sector.
▪ “Los árbitros son los jueces y a la autoridad hay que tenerle respeto”.
Martín Presa se moja sobre el ‘fuck off’ de Bellingham y Laporta tira de inglés para responder.
😆 “Happy to fulfill you”. pic.twitter.com/WUyTxKtBIy
— ElDesmarque (@eldesmarque) February 17, 2025
Whereas the alarm bells in Actual Madrid are ringing, the information of a participant being suspended for poor language is just not new in Barcelona for the Catalans have already fallen prey to the identical on quite a few events.
The situations that notably stand out embody Ousmane Dembele’s pink card for calling the referee ‘very unhealthy’ and Robert Lewandowski’s three-game suspension for a mere gesture of putting his finger on his nostril.
With the lads in white dropping two factors towards Osasuna after Bellingham’s sending-off, Barcelona have an opportunity to return on prime tonight in the event that they beat Rayo Vallecano.
The dressing room will thus look to avoid the noise and concentrate on the job at hand.