​Real Madrid TV launches furious attack on match referee after controversial Betis defeat: ‘If this happened to Barça…’Real Madrid’s 0-1 defeat to Real Betis has continued to generate controversy, with Real Madrid TV delivering a far stronger reaction to the officiating than Jose Mourinho himself.While Mourinho surprisingly chose not to criticise the referee directly after the match, the club’s television channel offered a very different assessment. The Portuguese coach told reporters that he had not seen the most contentious incidents in enough detail to comment on them.Real Madrid TV’s post-match coverage, on the other hand, was considerably less restrained. The channel’s pundits directed their criticism towards both referee Hernandez Hernandez and VAR official Iglesias Villanueva, describing the pair as “inept”.Their argument went beyond the individual decisions at La Cartuja. The pundits claimed Real Madrid had been disadvantaged repeatedly since the beginning of the season and suggested the latest controversy was part of a wider pattern.Real Madrid TV points to earlier incidentsThe discussion on the club’s television channel focused on what the pundits viewed as a series of decisions that had gone against Real Madrid.They argued that the problems had existed “from the very first matchday” and pointed back to incidents from the opening round of LaLiga as evidence for their criticism.“We saw it on the first matchday with Cala’s kick on Vinicius or Raphina’s cosiness with Ortiz Arias, pointing at his moustache. This is what lies in store for us,” they commented.The references were used to support their claim that Real Madrid have not received what they consider a consistent standard of refereeing during the opening stages of the campaign.Barcelona brought into the discussionThe discussion eventually moved beyond the individual officials and towards Real Madrid’s biggest domestic rival.The pundits raised a hypothetical question about how the same incidents might have been handled had Barcelona been involved.Finally, they raised the possibility that “If this happened to Barça, the penalty would be retaken, and if Espi’s goal was for Barça, it might not be disallowed.”The club’s television concluded by stating that the penalty was not awarded “due to omission or incompetence.” Source: AS