The Government of the Generalitat asked Madrid to “withdraw its manipulative video”

The war between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid already has important political derivatives, after the white entity, through its official channel, answered the president of the Barça team, Joan Laporta, for its designation as a “regime team” for decades. “What is the regime group?” titled in his video just over four minutes Real Madrid TV, suggesting dictator Francisco Franco favors Barça, unlike Real Madrid. The Government of the Generalitat, through its spokesperson Patricia Plaja, accused Real Madrid of “crossing a red line” and asked to withdraw “an irresponsible video that is offensive and an insult to the people who suffered under Francoism , like the president of FC Barcelona, ​​​​​​Josep Suñol, shot by the regime”.

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Plaja’s complaint left a long reflection: “I can tell you, on behalf of the Government, that the video broadcast by Real Madrid is a crude manipulation of history that seems manual. It is rude ‘fake news’ and worse. that it did not come from a private user. The importance is not small coming from a football club with so many followers and with so much influence. It is very disturbing, irresponsible. A crime and an insult to the thousands of people who suffered from the Francoist regime, as well as FC Barcelona,​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ . It would be good if Madrid removed the video and apologized for crossing a red line,” he concluded.

On Monday morning, Laporta accused Real Madrid of “cynicism” by presenting itself as the injured party in the ‘Negreira case’. The president of Barça assured in a press conference that “this club (Real Madrid) coming out personally and saying that it feels the damage in the best season of FC Barcelona, ​​seems to me an unprecedented exercise in sarcasm, where for seven decades the majority of the heads of the Technical Committee of Referees have always been ex-partners, ex-directors or ex-players of Real Madrid, a club considered the regime’s team”.

The response of the merengue club came on Monday night through a video broadcast on its television channel and on its social networks.

The video begins and ends with the same question: “What is the regime group?” From there, Real Madrid tried to show that Francisco Franco helped Barça during his long dictatorship. Supported by many photos from the historical archive of NO-DO, it is ensured that “Camp Nou was inaugurated by Franco’s general minister, José Solís Ruiz”. He also recalled that Barcelona “awarded the gold and diamond insignia to Franco”, “named Franco an honorary partner in 1965” and “chartered the Franco dictator three times”. In addition, he said that “Barcelona was saved three times from bankruptcy with three reclassifications by Franco.” In terms of sports, it was noted that the Barça club “won eight Leagues and nine Generalissimo Cups with Franco”, and with him, “Real Madrid took fifteen years to win the League”. Finally, the Madrid entity points out that ” Real Madrid was dismantled in the Civil War, the players were murdered, imprisoned and exiled, as narrated in the Santiago Bernabéu documentary”.

At that moment, and as the final part of the devastating video, the voice-over of the legendary white president can be heard with an eschatological comment. “When I hear that Madrid has become the regime’s team, it makes me want the father of the person who said it,” said Santiago Bernabéu.