Former La Liga referee Eduardo Iturralde González has claimed that 90% of La Liga refs support Real Madrid, with 10% siding with Barcelona.
“Referees do not come from Mars. You start being a ref because you like football, and if you like football, I don’t believe there is a single person that that doesn’t like a team,” he said.
“I’m lucky to have been born in Bilbao, and in Bilbao, people are for Athletic. However, the majority of the rest of Spain are for Real Madrid or Barcelona because those are the teams that win, and that’s that.