{"id":779042,"date":"2026-09-22T16:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/779042\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T16:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:28:10","slug":"la-liga-president-says-real-madrid-conspiracy-claims-are-in-another-galaxy-la-liga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/779042\/","title":{"rendered":"La Liga president says Real Madrid conspiracy claims are \u2018in another galaxy\u2019 | La Liga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">La Liga\u2019s president, Javier Tebas, hit out on Tuesday at what he deemed accusations of a refereeing \u201cconspiracy\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/realmadrid\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Real Madrid<\/a> after their derby defeat against Atl\u00e9tico Madrid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Real Madrid\u2019s coach, Jos\u00e9 Mourinho, brought two printed screenshots of what he thought were red-card tackles committed by At\u00e9ltico players to his post-match press conference after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/sep\/20\/atletico-madrid-real-madrid-la-liga-match-report\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the 2-1 defeat on Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Tebas responded to a pro-Real article on social media with a lengthy riposte to allegations of a \u201cconspiracy\u201d against the 15-time European champions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cHere they go again, the mouthpieces and the regime\u2019s television, building the same old narrative \u2013 the permanent conspiracy,\u201d said Tebas, who has often been at odds with Real Madrid and the club\u2019s outspoken president, Florentino P\u00e9rez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cThis article goes further \u2013 it claims that referees harm \u2018the business that feeds them\u2019. What exactly is it asking for? Refereeing based on revenue, viewership, or the badge? What a way to understand equality in the competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cReal Madrid are crucial to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/laligafootball\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">La Liga<\/a>. But claiming that \u2018La Liga is worth nothing\u2019 without them reveals the disdain for the other clubs, their fans, and their history. The competition belongs to no one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Madrid have made a stuttering start and sit six points behind the reigning champions and early leaders, Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cClaiming that referees are directed against Real Madrid is living in another galaxy,\u201d Tebas said. \u201cThat narrative serves as an excuse to cover up other shortcomings that are plain to see in these first matches of the season. It\u2019s more comfortable to point to a conspiracy than to explain what\u2019s happening on the pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"La Liga\u2019s president, Javier Tebas, hit out on Tuesday at what he deemed accusations of a refereeing \u201cconspiracy\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[59,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-779042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-gb","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}