Real Betis publicly call out refereeing ‘disgrace’ after contentious draw

The weekend of teams venting their anger on social media

Real Betis have publicly called out what they described as a refereeing 'disgrace' in their 1-1 draw against Rayo Vallecano on Sunday. Manuel Pellegrini's side were reduced to 10 men in the 33rd minute when Álex Moreno was given his marching orders for a high-foot on Isi Palazón. Despite this, the away side opened the scoring in added-time of the first-half when Sergio Canales tapped home from close range after a well-worked move from Betis, with Arsenal loanee Hector Bellerin claiming the assist. Things were looking promising for Betis, but Rayo Vallecano drew level in the 70 minute courtesy of right-back Iván Balliu. Although they were a man down, Betis pushed for a winner but were unable to find an opening and had to settle for a point. However - despite remaining in third position in La Liga - the Seville based club were incensed with the performance of the referee at the Estadio de Vallecas, labelling it a 'disgrace' in a social media rant after the game. The tweet read: "Real Betis have always been absolutely respectful with the referees and their decisions, but what we have seen today is incomprehensible. The job of a referee is to be fair and just, not the disgrace we have seen today at Vallecas." https://twitter.com/RealBetis_en/status/1480222291917250565 It added: "A mistake is understandable, but one error after another, all in the same direction, damaging the rules, cannot be understood. Álex Moreno’s red card, a handball inside the home area, foul before the goal and foul from Carvalho when he was alone. There is no possible explanation. https://twitter.com/RealBetis_en/status/1480222415317839877

Real Betis feel they should have had penalty

As well as being frustrated by the decision to show Moreno a red card, Betis also believed they should've been awarded a penalty when a Vallecano player supposedly handled the ball inside the penalty area. They also suggested that a foul had been committed prior to the home side's equaliser. Betis' outburst comes after Valencia tweeted about their distain for the officiating in their game against Real Madrid, posting a tweet at 1-0 which said:

'The robberies in Madrid are starting to become more repetitive'. They also tagged popular show Money Heist, or 'Casa de Papel' as it is known in the Spanish speaking world.