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The staging was worthy of the seriousness of the suspicions.

In a completely packed Luis Aragonés auditorium in the Ciudad del Fútbol de las Rozas, the Secretary General of the Spanish Federation (RFEF), Andreu Camps, and the President of the CTA Technical Committee, Luis Medina Cantalejo, accompanied by more than 200 referees and arbitrators, active and retired, tried to explain this Thursday the official position on the Negreira case.

A coup de effect that left a headline and that points to the government.

"There would be someone who, knowing the facts, did not report them when they had governmental responsibilities. We are studying filing a complaint or complaint," said Andreu Camps, who did not want to give more details or names.

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Negreira withdrew up to 20,000 euros a month in cash while collecting from Barcelona

At 1:59 p.m. the parade of referees began, most of them active but also retired, more than 200 in total, eight minutes later the act began.

It was about trying to make honesty prevail over a group that the biggest scandal in the history of Spanish football has put even more under the spotlight.

"It is the saddest day in the history of arbitration. With this we transmit an image of union," said a Medina Cantalejo who became emotional when he said: "I am the grandson, son and father of an arbitrator and I am not corrupt. And neither are you. We will fight until the end so that this is clarified."

But if there was a name mentioned throughout the appearance, without pronouncing it, it was that of Xavier Estrada Fernández, the VAR referee who on his own initiative has sued the former number two of the referees, José María Enríquez Negreira.

"All the arbitrators except one have contributed to the internal investigation, providing reports and data. One arbitrator has not contributed, despite being requested in writing. He did not contribute or answer anything in the two periods, unfortunately. How to proceed is being studied" , stated the number two of Rubiales in the Federation.

"You have to be calm. As in any locker room, there is always someone who prefers egotistical positions. What we had said was published. Someone leaked it," denounced the president of the CTA.

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