In the early morning of September 21, Beijing Time (CEST), Atlético Madrid defeated city rivals Real Madrid 2-1 at home. The refereeing of Miguel Ortiz sparked considerable controversy. After the match, Marca editor Roncero published a lengthy article titled "Miguel Ortiz, Are You Satisfied?" expressing his displeasure and views.

Here is the full text of Roncero's article:

Miguel Ortiz, Are You Satisfied?

Negreira's successor has ruined this league season. They must be satisfied. Yet again. This league has been artificially distorted. So it is.

Terrible refereeing. I will discuss Real Madrid's poor performance under Mourinho in this "tragic derby" in greater detail later, but I must first devote some space to Miguel Ortiz's dreadful refereeing.

They say he is from Madrid, but one can be certain that he never set foot in the Santiago Bernabéu as a child, nor has he ever harbored any affection for Real Madrid. His refereeing was clearly one-sided, biased, and played a decisive role. In the first half, he missed two clear red cards—which should have been given to Cristian Romero and Lee Kang-in. Furthermore, in the opening 15 minutes, he allowed two aggressive fouls by Baena against Güler, both clearly worthy of yellow cards.

What's worse, VAR referee Trujillo alerted him to Cristian Romero's foul. However, after reviewing the replay on the sideline, he only issued a yellow card—despite Cristian Romero deliberately stepping on Bellingham's knee!

This makes me question his motives.

Miguel Ortiz saw the incident on screen, and he saw what everyone else saw. This is a clear red card. But he got scared and backed down! He heard Simeone's shouts and the Atlético Madrid bench, and faced pressure from angry fans in the stands, ultimately deciding to abandon basic principles of justice and show only a yellow card to the Argentine player.

By the way, Bellingham, the victim, even received a yellow card himself. This speaks volumes about his malice toward Real Madrid.

And the incident where Korean player Lee Kang-in kicked Valverde's calf with his studs wasn't even reviewed. The VAR referee perhaps felt that letting the "bull" back into the bullfighting arena would cause problems, so he didn't even alert the referee to look... That tackle was even more deserving of a red card than Cristian Romero's foul.

In other words, according to the Laws of the Game, Simeone's Atlético Madrid should have been playing with 9 men in the first half. Had that been the case, this derby would have taken a very different course.

And we have experienced this for years.

In Saturday's match, we also saw this: Sevilla had a clear scoring opportunity, looked set to equalize at 2-2, but referee Juan Martínez Munuera blew the whistle because he saw Christensen on the ground. Absolutely absurd!

Negreira's successor has ruined this league season—are they satisfied?

Yet again, this league has been artificially distorted. So it is, there is no football worth talking about. The CTA (Spanish Football Federation's Referees Technical Committee) will not engage in self-reflection. They may even congratulate Miguel Ortiz on his outstanding refereeing performance.

But the difference is that Real Madrid fans, at least, will criticize themselves. Setting aside this embarrassing refereeing controversy, we must acknowledge that Mourinho's Real Madrid played a terrible derby.

The team lacked intensity, there was no connection between midfield and attack, the play was tedious, and there was no continuity. The entire Real Madrid team was split in two, with no substance in their play. Yet Bernardo Silva and Diomande sat on the bench.

Of course, I have no right to advise Mourinho, but if I were that Portuguese coach, I would go all out after the international break: start Bernardo Silva, replacing either Tchouaméni or Valverde; start Diomande, replacing Vinícius.

Isn't this why we Real Madrid fans believed Mourinho would arrive this summer, hoping he would do exactly that?

Don't go soft at crucial moments, and make everyone understand that individualism and privilege within the team are over, and the team's collective good comes above all else.

Why didn't Carlos Espilia play a single minute? Mourinho must be bold, he must bang the table and make changes, or else we will end up following the same old path as last season.

We must face the reality, however harsh: Vinícius is nothing like himself right now; he is desperately asking for a "recipe" to get benched. If we want to see real football, then Bernardo Silva and Güler must be starters. Bellingham must be the team leader and given full control of the squad.

As for Mbappé, he needs to be more proactive with his runs and link-up play. If he's not getting the ball, he should show his frustration. He must prove as soon as possible that he deserves to be a global superstar—because in an important match like today, he disappeared. Disappointing.

Before this tragedy unfolded, my friend Alfonso sent me a photo. In it were his two sons—Pablo and Alfonso. They came to the Civitas Metropolitano stands, ready to cheer at the top of their lungs for Real Madrid.

But in the end, they could only cheer for Rüdiger's goal. That goal prevented Real Madrid from suffering an even more devastating and frustrating defeat. Fans should not have to endure the self-satisfaction displayed by most of the team's players. They approached the derby as if it were just another day at the office.

Just look at how hard Giuliano Simeone fights...

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