Marca: Betis Sports Director threatens the referee after the game, who may be punished for this

October 6 According to Le Marca, after Betis defeated Espanyol 2-1 away, the referee mentioned in the game report that Betis's sports director threatened him, and the latter may be punished for this.

In this game, the performance of the referee Galetch caused many dissatisfactions from Betis. The team protested the penalty several times, including not giving a yellow card warning for some obvious fouls for Espanyol players, and the possibility that Abude might be awarded a penalty when he was hit in the penalty area.

However, the most noticeable thing is that after the stoppage time, the referee awarded Espanyol a penalty, which almost cost Betis two points. Fortunately, Betis goalkeeper Paul Lopez saved Puado's penalty.

VAR believes that Valentine Gomez has hand movements against Calfreira in the penalty area, so he prompts the referee that this may be a penalty kick. But Betis insisted that the Argentine defender's move was caused by Espanyol forward Roberto Fernandez pushing behind him. Although the video replay was watched from different angles, the referee still decided to decide the penalty.

Although this penalty does not change the outcome of the game, it will have an impact on the discipline level. In the controversy, Lo Celso, Luis Avila, Paul Lopez and Valentine Gomez were all given yellow cards.

In addition, the referee also mentioned in his post-match report: "After the game, Betis sports director Manuel Fajado approached me in an aggressive and threatening manner, and touched my shoulders with his arms many times. He said: You are playing with the interests of many people, and he was then stopped by his team members."