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'They only stopped short of complaining to the Pope!' - La Liga president slams Real Madrid for …

La Liga's president took to X to criticise Madrid and accused the club of showing hypocrisy.

"We've been hearing for weeks that today is "a historic day for Spanish sport" because the NFL is playing in Madrid. Front pages, specials, red carpet… fantastic promotion for the NFL in Spain, with a Spanish stadium as the showcase," he wrote.

"And the most striking thing: the stadium belongs to the same club that led the crusade of 'integrity' against LaLiga's official match in Miami… and that now lends it gladly, prior payment of course. Back then they had players and bootlickers repeating the same narrative, with identical expressions of competition adulteration, they sent letters to every possible institution, they only lacked complaining to the Pope, while the European Commissioner for Sport waved the flag of "tradition" and the AFE filled their mouths with "information" and "transparency," when they were perfectly informed about how the match was going to be organised and that the regulations would be respected.

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