How officials overlooked two Real Madrid penalties…

Real Madrid has publicized their Clasico complaints about the ref and VAR on their official website.

Read: ‘The game must go ahead’ – Zidane on El Clasico

The Spanish side made the astounding move to condemn Alejandro Jose Hernandez in the “news” area of the site unpicking botches they thought the officials made.

The fundamental focal point of Real’s complaint was that Rafael Varane endured two fouls that as they would see it ought to have been given as penalties.

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Rafael Varane being pulled by a Barcelona player (Image: Real Madrid)

A statement on Real Madrid’s website read: “Rafael Varane was stood on by Lenglet and two minutes later had his shirt pulled by Ivan Rakitic.

“Varane was involved in two controversial moments in El Clásico at the Camp Nou. The Frenchman could have had two penalties in the first half but Hernandez Hernandez did not give either of them. 

“On minute 17, the madridista went to head a corner before Lenglet stood on his thigh muscle in the area, but neither the referee nor VAR (where De Burgos Bengoetxea was in charge) deemed it a penalty.

One of the sources of complaint was this challenge from Clement Lenglet on Rafael Varane
Lenglet’s tackle on Varane (Image: Daily Mail)

“Two minutes later and following another corner, the central defender had his shirt pulled by Ivan Rakitic, which saw him end up on the ground in the penalty area. However, once again, neither the referee or the VAR system decided to award the penalty.”

In spite of the unordinary choice to post such a critique of the refereeing authority, pictures of the two occurrences recommend that Real may have a reason for their amazement.