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Los Blancos had to play the final hour with 10 men after Bellingham was shown a straight red card by referee Jose Luis Munuera Montero.
Bellingham allegedly shouted an expletive at the referee, which led to the red card.
According to Spanish outlet Marca, the official’s report claims that Bellingham said “F**k you” directly to Montero. However, Bellingham contends that he said “F**k off” to himself rather than at the referee.
The interpretation of Bellingham’s words will be crucial in determining whether he faces additional sanctions, with a potential ban ranging from four to 12 matches if the words are deemed an insult or offensive term towards the referee.
Taking to Instagram, the England star stated: “Enough said about the misunderstanding. Just wanted to apologise again for leaving my team-mates in a such a tough position. See you on Wednesday at home.”
A recent report has shed light on how Real Madrid’s dressing room reacted to Jude Bellingham’s red card after the match.
According to Spanish outlet AS, the atmosphere was described as ‘intense’ towards the match officials, with those in the dressing room reportedly furious with La Liga.
It was also suggested that there was a ‘deep disaffection’ with the league’s officials, following Real president Florentino Perez’s complaints about refereeing standards earlier this month.
Rafael Louzan, the new Spanish FA president, revealed on the ‘El Cafelito’ podcast that Perez had previously suggested the idea of introducing English referees in La Liga.
Louzan said (via ESPN): “Florentino said to me once that he would bring English referees to referee.
“I said, ‘Let’s see how we do that!’ It’s not just now, he’s said it to me various times … But I believe in the work of [the current La Liga] referees.”
