Real Madrid TV unveiled another of its notorious videos criticizing officials before of Saturday’s match at Santiago Bernabeu, and this time it was directed at Martinez. His ‘errors’ in Los Blancos games were shown in the video. This is “not right,” according to Barca manager Flick, who also stated that his squad “can’t be busy with these things” and that he has never had any issues with referees.

“I didn’t know about the Real Madrid TV videos,” he told reporters. That this is taking place is wrong. My duty is to get the players ready, and the referees have an extremely difficult task. Throughout my extensive experience, I have never encountered any issues with the referees. At the start of the season, I advised the team that performance, not the referees, should be the main focus. We must give our performance our whole attention and not be preoccupied with these things.

In a match between second and first place in La Liga, Madrid hosts Barcelona. At the end of the weekend, the Blaugrana, who are three points clear of their fierce rivals after ten games, will be hoping to maintain their lead at the top of the league. Additionally, this is Flick’s first real taste of El Clasico, so he will want to win.

Following this crucial match on Saturday, Barcelona will host Espanyol on November 3 before playing in the Champions League away to Red Star Belgrade three days later.