NEWS. . . BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
The Spanish Football Federation has been asked to investigate Jude Bellingham’s alleged insults towards Mason Greenwood in Real Madrid’s win over Getafe earlier this month.
Last week’s match at the Coliseum Stadium, in which Real Madrid won 2-0 thanks to a brace from Joselu, was overshadowed by the clash between the two Englishmen.
Bellingham had attacked Greenwood near the touchline and after the ball went out of play, the former Borussia Dortmund midfielder was seen uttering a two-syllable word in the direction of his compatriot; The microphones in the camp did not pick up what was being said.
However, his fans on social media reported that he had uttered the word “rapist” and since then a skilled lip reader claimed he was “97% sure” it was
La Liga showed it would use its own lip reader to identify the word Bellingham uses and also reported the incident to the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF).
After the week of play, the league sends a list of incidents to the RFEF for further investigation and action and the Bellingham-Greenwood hot spot will be reviewed.
‘It must also be reported that after the end of the match, messages were detected through social media regarding a possible incident in which visiting player Jude Bellingham allegedly insulted local player Mason Greenwood in English,’ the incident report noted.
“Many media outlets have reported on this incident, as evidenced by the incident report. “
Greenwood had been charged in the past with attempted rape, assault and coercive conduct in January 2022, but the Crown Prosecution Service dropped the charges just over a year later following the withdrawal of key witnesses.
The 22-year-old mutually agreed to leave Manchester United on loan last summer following an internal investigation and has netted five times in 19 La Liga appearances since joining Getafe.
Getafe lodged a complaint to both the La Liga delegate present at the game over the alleged insult from Bellingham and also asked the game’s referee, Ricardo do Burgos Bengoetxea, to record it in his match report.
It is possible that Bellingham would still face disciplinary proceedings through the Spanish Football Federation, without the audio it would be a tricky case to solve, specifically with several enthusiasts suggesting that the word uttered was actually “null”.
La Liga’s incident report also cited alleged racist chants towards Vinicius Jr by Getafe fans in the same match, and the matter was once again referred to the RFEF for further investigation.
The report said: “A recording is detected in the crowd in which numerous home fans chant illiberally, separately listening to the shouts of ‘sons of bitches’, ‘Vinicius, monkey’, accompanied by several fans chanting ‘Puta Real Madrid’. ‘. ‘
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