Vidal’s comments come at a particularly sensitive time for Real Madrid, who are currently dealing with fresh allegations of receiving preferential treatment from officials. Following a shock 1-0 defeat to Getafe on Monday, the spotlight turned on Antonio Rudiger after a reckless challenge that went unpunished. Getafe defender Diego Rico was left incensed by the lack of VAR intervention, suggesting that the German should face a lengthy ban for what he described as a deliberate act of aggression on the field.
Rico led the charge by claiming that the Real Madrid defender should have been sent off, stating: "If it were the other way around, I would have gotten the same 10-game suspension or wouldn't have played at all this season. I don't know what VAR is for. I think it's for these situations.
"It was an assault; you can see he was going to hit me on purpose. In the previous play, we had a scuffle that resulted in a foul, and on his way back to the defence, he was saying things. Right on the next play, the ball came to me, and you can see him even push his teammate aside to smash my face in. If he'd caught me in a bad position, he could have left me lying on the grass."