Real Madrid: refereeing controversy over Bellingham and his missed penalty

In Spain, and particularly when it comes to Real Madrid or Barça, matches are regularly shaken up by refereeing controversies. The transition to the year 2025 has not changed this trend, as evidenced by Madrid's victory last night on the Valencia pitch, also marked by its share of controversies. there is of course the expulsion of Vinicius Junior for a violent gesture which causes a lot of talk, in particular because a previous bad gesture by Mamardashvili, the Valencia goalkeeper, was not reported.

Mamardashvili didn't have his feet on his line

But another decision is also controversial. Indeed, before Real Madrid finally managed to snatch victory through Jude Bellingham in the final moments, the Englishman had missed a decisive penalty earlier in the match. By sending his shot onto the post, Bellingham complicated his team's task. Except that the images clearly show that Mamardashvili, at the time of the strike, did not have both feet on his line. Within the meaning of the rule, the goalkeeper was therefore in an illegal position at the time of the Englishman's strike. However, the referee found nothing wrong with it…

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