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Real Madrid maintained its perfect beginning for LaLiga season with a hard 2-1 victory over Real Sociedad on Saturday, although the match was eclipsed by the controversy surrounding Dean Huijsen’s red card.
The defender was fired in the 32nd minute after referee Jesús Gil ruled that his challenge about Mikel Oyarzabal denied a clear goal of goal.
At that time, Madrid was already ahead of Kylian Mbappe’s early strike. Playing with 10 men for almost an hour, the whites were forced to dig deeply in the Reale Arena.
Arda Gular extended the advantage of the visitors before the break, but Oyarzabal turned a penalty into the second half to establish a tense end.
Despite the numerical disadvantage, Madrid clung to ensuring a fourth consecutive victory in the League.
After the game, coach Xabi Alonso openly questioned the referee’s trial. “For me, it was a yellow card,” Alonso said during his press conference. “(Eder) Militao was close. The ball was not under control. There were still 40 meters to go.”
He added: “It is my interpretation, the referee had another, and the VAR had another. I asked for an explanation and it didn’t convince me much, but let’s leave it there … winning in Anoeta is always very difficult, and today it was even more difficult.”
Alonso described Huijsen as “relieved” and “angry” after the final whistle. The coach admitted that the lack of the defender was “avoidable”, but remained firm that a red card was too severe.
“When there are clear mistakes, I like that Var intervenes,” he continued. “I don’t want to make this a monologue about the referee … he conditioned a lot to the game.”
The head of Madrid was seen in an animated discussion with referee Gil after the game. “We talk about his interpretation,” Alonso explained. “It didn’t convince me much. But there is, we can’t do anything. Let’s see if other explanations convince me.”
The scorer Mbappe, who now has four in LaLiga this campaign, recognized how much the sending of the dynamics changed. “The red card changed the game a bit,” he told Real Madrid TV. “We suffer as a team, but we are going home with the three points.”
Real Madrid TV later informed that the club is compiling a file of arbitration decisions of this season and finally, which intends to submit to FIFA in the hope of drawing attention to what they think is a persistent issue.
