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Real Madrid demand La Liga president resign
Real Madrid demands La Liga president Javier Tebas resign after comparing club's referee tactics to Nazi propaganda.
In brief
Real Madrid demands La Liga president Javier Tebas resign after comparing club's referee tactics to Nazi propaganda. Real Madrid has demanded La Liga president Javier Tebas resign after accusing him of using Nazi propaganda comparisons to describe referee criticism. Originally reported by the Guardian.
Real Madrid demand resignation
Real Madrid has demanded La Liga president Javier Tebas resign after he compared the club's efforts to discredit referees with Nazi propaganda techniques.
“The executive of Real Madrid has an orchestra of mouthpieces and Real Madrid leads the way”
Tebas compares referee tactics to Nazi propaganda
Javier Tebas accused Real Madrid of using propaganda techniques similar to Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi minister of propaganda during World War II.
“Its script is always the same: select plays that favor it, repeat the alleged affront, increase suspicion and name enemies”
Madrid demands immediate resignation
Real Madrid demanded Tebas's immediate resignation after he criticized the club for attacking referees in a 2-1 loss to Atlético Madrid.
“Javier Tebas’s repeated conduct demonstrates a lack of neutrality, respect, and impartiality incompatible with his institutional responsibilities”
Tebas's neutrality questioned
Real Madrid claims Tebas lacks neutrality, respect, and impartiality, making him unfit to represent Spain's top clubs.
“His constant attacks on Real Madrid and those demanding transparency and regeneration represent, in our club’s view, a genuine scourge for Spanish football”
Fifa sanctions against Spain's football federation
Fifa fined Spain's football federation $20,000 for Islamophobic chants during a World Cup warm-up match against Egypt.
“If you don’t jump, you’re a Muslim”
What to remember
Real Madrid has demanded La Liga president Javier Tebas resign after accusing him of using Nazi propaganda comparisons to describe referee criticism.
