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Real Madrid<\/a> have called for Javier Tebas to be replaced as La Liga<\/a> president after he dismissed the club\u2019s complaints over refereeing in Sunday\u2019s 2-1 derby defeat to Atl\u00e9tico Madrid as belonging to \u201canother galaxy\u201d. The club\u2019s official statement described his conduct as \u201cintolerable\u201d and said Spanish football urgently needs new leadership at the top of the competition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The statement followed Tebas\u2019s public response to a pro-Real article addressing what he called conspiracy claims against the club. Real said the use of his institutional position to repeatedly discredit and attack the club had become untenable, and that the league needs \u201ca leader capable of managing it and realising its full potential with the fundamental duty of neutrality\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Real\u2019s own match report was headlined \u201cTerrible refereeing decides the derby\u201d after the loss at the Metropolitano. The club was aggrieved that Atl\u00e9tico\u2019s Cristian Romero avoided a red card for a stamp on Jude Bellingham, and separately raised a challenge by Lee Kang-in on Federico Valverde \u2013 full detail on the disputed calls is covered in the VAR audio breakdown of the derby decisions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Jos\u00e9 Mourinho confronted referee Miguel \u00c1ngel Ortiz Arias during the defeat and criticised those who appointed him, saying his side could win the title if allowed to compete on a level playing field. Real now sit six points behind reigning champions and early leaders Barcelona, and Atl\u00e9tico\u2019s response to the fallout<\/a> has added another layer to the row.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Guardian report<\/a> that Tebas accused Real-aligned outlets of pushing a familiar storyline. \u201cHere they go again, the mouthpieces and the regime\u2019s television, building the same old narrative \u2013 the permanent conspiracy,\u201d said Tebas, who added that Real Madrid are crucial to La Liga but that the competition \u201cbelongs to no one\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Real\u2019s statement called the behaviour inappropriate and persistent, arguing the league president is an administrator serving the clubs rather than an owner of the competition. \u201cGiven this inappropriate and persistent behaviour, we believe that the professional football competition in Spain urgently needs a leader capable of managing it and realising its full potential with the fundamental duty of neutrality,\u201d the club said, a stance that sits alongside the club\u2019s long-running scrutiny of officiating detailed in this analysis of Real Madrid TV\u2019s refereeing coverage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n