Spanish police are investigating claims from an assistant referee that he was pressured to benefit Real Madrid in their upcoming Clasico with Barcelona on November 21.
The claims were reported by Spanish newspaper L'Esportiu (h/t Sport), but the linesman in question has not been named.
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The lawyer who presented the case to the police, Jacinto Vicente, has explained how he was contacted by the pressured official, per Sport's Albert Masnou:
One person let me know about a referee that had a problem and wanted to talk with me.