The "microtinglaos"

Things have happened in the Spanish League in recent years. I am not referring to the finals in Tenerife -there were no micro-tinglaos there, they were armed robberies- but to the last dark age of Arminio and now of Clos. Gómez, a referee, there is the statistic, which as a braid treasures improper figures with Real Madrid. I'll explain quickly: if Madrid wins an average of 6 games, draws 3 and loses 1 (these are not exact data but simple to understand) the normal thing is that the referees have one 7-2-1, another 5-3-2.. .those scales. What comes out of statistics can be coincidence, but also an indication

https://twitter.com/MaketoLari/status/1344184150920671232

With these figures, he could only end up as the leader of the VAR project in Spain. Today is a good day to talk about this, because Barça has received 3 penalties against. Which they were well marked (otherwise Xavi would have taken out the mower, and not for the lawn) but the drama has taken hold of the usual suspects, removing from view the truly surprising fact: to date none of them had been whistled against.

It is true that they are The Clean Luis Suárez's team, and Mascherano, who did not take any penalties, but we should not happily get used to anomalies.

In the age of big data, the rare must be synonymous with preventive research, at least, We did not lost the leagues in great actions but in micro-tinglaos micro-things that are left bare in the big figures. The big referee nights are only taken out for a walk when the building collapses, like that epic arbitration by Mascherano (see the incoming tweet). We madridistas know that in the first minutes in Camp Nou penalties are not worth it

https://twitter.com/FJRealMadridCF/status/1319416016770879488

Penalties for and against. Frontline fouls (especially in the Messi era) against the data of other dominant teams in the league. Warnings (the epic of the penalty and expulsion of the great days). The dramatic turns across the grass, after receiving minimal contact. Complaints from the band. Piqué pointing to Tebas. Surrounding the referee asking for a foul and normally expulsion of the rival. Microtinglaos is just an expression that we will use in La Santiaguina for what Relaño -the day he wanted to be brave, later he deserted- pointed out "how to play with a net" when he denounced Villarato.

https://twitter.com/hechi9248/status/1228332301819482112?lang=es

#Calciopoli

To finish the article I will quote Wikipedia without adding anything, about what happened in Italy, our neighboring country

- Conspiring to generate advantages in the results of the Serie A football matches by appointing "favorable" referees for key matches in the league championship in exchange for influencing the results for the benefit of some team and others.

- "That it benefited them in the appointment of referees who "did favors" for Juventus, Pairetto even receiving "suggestions" from Moggi on the names of some "sympathizing" referees who would discreetly support Juventus in key matches of the championship, eluding such help against rivals of lesser strength so as not to raise suspicions"

And this is in Italian (source) but it is a delight that is easy to understand

"l “Processo”, contenitore televisivo che aveva il potere di incidere sul discorso calcistico italiano, era finito, proprio per questo, nella sfera di influenza del dirigente bianconero Luciano Moggi. Nel corso di un’intercettazione trapelata dalla Procura di Napoli si sente Moggi chiedere a Biscardi di “assolvere” Bertini, l’arbitro di Juventus vs Milan del 2004, gara terminata per 0 a 0. L’arbitro Bertini si rese protagonista di alcune decisioni poco chiare, come un fallo in piena area di Zebina ai danni di Kaladze non sanzionato o le intemperanze di Nedved lasciate passare come semplici scontri di gioco. “Però, guarda che bisogna far assolvere l’arbitro con formula ampia”, si sente dire da Moggi"

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