Overview
- Spain’s refereeing committee, in a video review released Tuesday, backed referee José Luis Munuera Montero and said VAR correctly stayed out of the Federico Valverde red-card decision.
- Real Madrid beat Atlético 3-2 at the Bernabéu on Sunday after a Vinícius Júnior penalty and a late curler bookended a strike from Federico Valverde.
- The win kept Madrid within four points of Barcelona going into the international break, and Valverde will be suspended for at least the next LaLiga match after the straight red.
- Álvaro Arbeloa said he disagreed with the severity of the dismissal but thanked the referee for explaining that he judged the challenge as excessive force.
- The result denied Atlético a rare league double over Madrid after goals from Ademola Lookman and Nahuel Molina had twice put them in front or level.