Rafael Louzan, the President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, has announced that refereeing in Spain is set to undergo structural change in refereeing in Spanish football, although he did

Real Madrid have taken the legal route after officially filing a complaint against Spanish refereeing. This comes in the wake of their shock loss at Espanyol when Kylian Mbappé was brought down by Carlos Romero with a studs-up challenge, with the defender only receiving a yellow card before bagging the winner in the 85th minute.

The head of Spain's refereeing body, Luis Medina Cantalejo, has hit back at Real Madrid's accusations of "manipulation and adulteration" of the competition by officials, insisting that "my colleagues and I are not corrupt.