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From Kiko Femenía to Zaid Romero: Three Red Cards, the Same Complaint

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Getafe have received three red cards in their first six official matches, forcing them to play 93 minutes with 10 men, excluding stoppage time.
  • Kiko Femenía, Abdel Abqar and Zaid Romero were sent off in matches that produced a defeat, a comeback win and a draw.
  • Coach José Bordalás repeatedly criticized refereeing decisions, prompting a response from Spain’s referees’ association.

Getafe have started the season under an alarming burden: they keep finishing matches with 10 men. In just six official games, Kiko Femenía, Abdel Abqar and Zaid Romero have been sent off, leaving the Madrid side to play 93 minutes in numerical inferiority, excluding added time. That is more than a full match, and amounts to one red card every two games.

I can say that we are not treated the same way. The match starts and the first foul is punished with a yellow card, the second one too. We cannot do anything.

· José BordalásThe Getafe coach criticized the refereeing after Kiko Femenía’s dismissal against Alavés.

The three dismissals produced three different survival stories. Getafe collapsed against Alavés, fought back against Partizán and held firm against Celta. But José Bordalás has repeated the same complaint throughout: “I can say that we are not treated the same way. The match starts and the first foul is punished with a yellow card, the second one too. We cannot do anything.”

The sequence began at Mendizorroza on the opening weekend of the league. Femenía initially received a booking, but VAR intervention led to a direct red card in the 42nd minute, with the score still 0-0. Alavés exploited the extra man after halftime, scoring three times and turning an even contest into a heavy Getafe defeat.

the terms and overreaction

· Spanish Football Referees’ AssociationThe association condemned Bordalás’ comments about refereeing.

The Spanish Football Referees’ Association rejected Bordalás’ criticism three days later, condemning “the terms and overreaction” of his remarks and saying he sought to blame referees for the result. Before the European match against Partizán, Bordalás dismissed the association as “a union created by four or five friends,” while also citing Technical Committee of Referees president Fran Soto, who had acknowledged that the images did not clarify Femenía’s action.

a union created by four or five friends

· José BordalásBordalás dismissed the authority of the referees’ association before the Partizán match.

Abqar then received two yellow cards against Partizán and was sent off in the 68th minute, with the score at 1-1. This time, Andrés García and Mojica scored late to turn the match into a 3-1 win. Against Celta, Romero saw two yellows in the 67th minute at 1-1. The score remained unchanged, although Andrés García had a chance to win it. Bordalás praised his players’ resistance and returned to his earlier refrain: “It is evident that we are not treated the same way.”

It is evident that we are not treated the same way.

· José BordalásHe repeated his complaint after Zaid Romero’s dismissal against Celta.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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