Barcelona and Real Madrid are set to clash next month with an assistant referee set to officiate the game claiming he was being pressure to favour the home team



Spanish anti-corruption police are investigating match-fixing claims after an assistant referee expected to officiate El Clásico claimed he was being pressured to favour Real Madrid.

The game, which is the most important in Spanish sport and considered one of the world’s biggest football matches, is due to take place at Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium on November 21.

The official - who has remained anonymous for now due to fear of recriminations both personally and professionally - claimed that the referee for the game instructed him that he had been given instructions by the Spanish refereeing committee to favour Madrid.



Assistant referees were reportedly targeted as their decisions draw less scrutiny than the men in the middle.

When the linesman refused, he reportedly received a phone call from the Spanish federation that threatened his career.

The anonymous official filed a formal legal complaint last week, which is now being investigated, while Spanish radio station Cadena COPE later named refereeing committee member Jose Angel Jimenez as the man responsible for applying pressure.

“I won’t comment for now,” Jimenez said in response to the allegations.

“I only have very recently heard about this. I’ll read it and see what is happening but for now I can’t say much more.”

SOURCE: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/el-clasico-match-fixing-claims-6678425

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Its glaring that's what Madrid does every El-classico, cos there are some jaw dropping decisions that would show the ref' has an agenda.
Madrid could only win one la-liga in 7yrs and some people weh no dey fear God still compare Messi with that bros Ororo. Madrid have not won any tough match this season, they all ended in draw, I mean 0-0, so dem don reason am say it could only get worse for el-classico.



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So we Nigerians learnt this match fixing stuff from europe Na we come do am pass them sef