Overview
- Real Madrid has frozen all institutional contact with the Royal Spanish Football Federation, saying the domestic competition is being distorted by refereeing.
- Club officials point to a late, non-awarded penalty on Kylian Mbappé against Girona as the immediate trigger for the break.
- General manager José Ángel Sánchez withdrew from a planned refereeing agreement at the last minute, according to AS reporting cited by Goal.
- The club has registered as a private prosecutor in the Negreira case and is demanding a comprehensive reset of the Technical Committee of Referees.
- Tensions have been visible at the Bernabéu with the federation president seated several rows back, as Real Madrid concedes its league form must improve but blames refereeing for key dropped points.