SPORT speak to Jacinto Vicente, the man behind the complaint
Jacinto Vicente, the lawyer who has presented the case of pressure being put on officials for the Clasico, has explained in a phone call to sport what the process was of presenting the complaint to the public prosecutor's office regarding the threats to the game between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.
"One person let me know about a referee that had a problem and wanted to talk with me. It's deducible that he is not from Barcelona (because if he was he would not have been chosen for the game). For a professional reason I had to go to Barcelona, where I met with him. He explained everything that had ocurred and wanted to go public with the pressure being put on him because it's the only way to clean up Spanish football and the only way to change a closed system," explained the lawyer.
The advice given by Jacinto Vicente was not what the official was expecting. "I advided him that it was not the best solution to publish it, but that the normal thing to do would be to report it to the police. It scared him because he didn't want his name to come out. If it does, he could have a serious professional problem."
Vicente continued: "I told him that he should speak with the police first and the prosecution. On October 19 I got in contact with the police and the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor began investigating the case."
