• Courts The work of Negreira's son included monitoring of arbitrations to the "rival team R.M."

24 hours before the return of the semifinals of the Copa del Rey was held at the Camp Nou, the Court of Instruction 1 of Barcelona has received the request of Real Madrid to appear as a private accusation in the so-called 'Negreira case' that investigates Barça's payments to the former vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA), José María Enríquez Negreira to allegedly "favor Barcelona in the decision-making of the referees in the matches played by the club and thus in the results of the competitions", as considered by the Prosecutor's Office.

In a brief letter, Real Madrid considers that the Penal Code "protects cleanliness in sports competitions and the social interest and its own participants in safeguarding sporting integrity, an interest in which ethical values are confused and which in turn has economic implications." "Real Madrid C.F., as is well known, participates in the National League Championship, so that the actions that are the subject of this case, tending to favor FC Barcelona, one of the main competitors of our representative, in the decision-making of the referees and, in this way, in the results of the competition, They undoubtedly harmed him.", says the document to which this media had access.

Therefore, the lawyers of Real Madrid remember that in 'Osasuna case' the LaLiga de Fútbol appeared as a private accusation for the crime of sports corruption and consider that the "interest" of the white club is "in the cleanliness of the sports competition in which it participates" since it is "equally indisputable". That is why they ask to appear as a private accusation since they are considered "offended or harmed entity"

The court has transferred to the Prosecutor's Office and the rest of the parties that comment on this request before making a decision. He also did the same with the request of a Real Madrid partner, Luis José Sáen de Tejada Vallejo. who also asks to appear as a private or popular accusation against Barça and Enríquez Negreira in this case.

He points out that he has been a partner for 40 years so "he has been directly harmed by the facts under investigation" and that Real Madrid is one of the teams "harmed" by the crime of corruption in sport.

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