Piqué's reaction when was told that Barcelona was helped by the referees

FC Barcelona was at the center of the storm after uncovering the club's payments to José María Enríquez Negreira, former vice-president of the Technical Referees Commission, to supposedly favor the Blaugrana club with arbitration rulings. FC Barcelona

The truth is that the Catalan club is now being investigated by the courts to corroborate whether these payments, which were made between 2016 and 2018, were effectively for to have favorable treatment in the Spanish La Liga arbitrations, and could suffer Harsh penalties such as relegation, removal of points and serious economic sanctions in case it is confirmed.

But the truth is that before the scandal was uncovered, a Real Madrid idol had protested how favored FC Barcelona had always been with its arbitrations over the years, stating that what was happening was already scandalous.

This idol was Iker Casillas who, in a conversation with Gerard Piqué, protested how they favored FC Barcelona in a totally scandalous way in his view, assuring that they always favored the Catalan club for a period of two years.

Piqué's reaction to Casillas' protest

The former goalkeeper assured that it was very suspicious that FC Barcelona had not had a penalty against or a red card in two years playing in the league, something that could not be a coincidence. Piqué replied that Real Madrid was equally favored, making it clear that in his vision FC Barcelona only had failures in favor on certain occasions due to the magnitude of his club, influencing the referee due to public pressure or other issues that they did not have. to do with extra-sports. The truth is that justice is now investigating Barca, to see if these payments actually had anything to do with it.