The match between Real Madrid and Girona was marked by arbitration controversy. Once again, La Liga referees were the protagonists. Melero López as the main referee and Iglesias Villanueva, from the VAR, had a most ill-advised performance on an afternoon where Los Blancos ended up exploding through their players, board and Ancelotti himself.

What is suspicious is that Iglesias Villanueva, in less than 24 hours, forgave Marcos Alonso the red card and awarded Marco Asensio's non-existent penalty to Girona. On Saturday, it was the 64th minute of the game when Marcos André received a very hard challenge from Marcos Alonso, clearly deserving a red card. The former Chelsea player hit first in the back of the knee, and then in the Achilles tendon of the Valencian footballer and, De Burgos Bengoetxea, the main referee of the match, made the decision to punish him with a yellow card. The curious thing about this is that Iglesias Villanueva, from the VAR room, did not notify the referee to review the images of that hard tackle, which he did do with Melero López in the match between Real Madrid and Girona.

In the 77th minute of the match, Marco Asensio touched the ball with his hand, but first it had hit him in the chest, so, according to the Real Madrid players at the end of the match, this is a situation that should not be punishable based on the meeting they had with the referees at the beginning of the season. As if that were not enough, in the 90th minute of the match, Rodrygo scored a goal after several rebounds in the area between Gazzaniga and the Brazilian, but Melero López annulled the goal for a presumed foul on the goalkeeper. From the VAR, Iglesias Villanueva did not call the main referee to review the play in case it was susceptible to error.

After the game, Carlo Ancelotti, the club, several players, and the official website all erupted over the decisions that had cost them two points. "It is not a penalty, they invented it," the Italian coach yelled.