Former FC Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has vehemently denied all accusations relating to the “Negreira case,” insisting that referees did not favor Barcelona during his presidency.
The case stems from payments made to the former vice-president of the Referees’ Committee, José María Enríquez Negreira.
Rosell said that statistics showed that Barcelona were more likely to be hurt by referees than helped in La Liga.
“I remember a league title that was stolen from us, that the referee made a mistake in Messi’s goal and they took La Liga from us,” he said.
This is in reference to a match in May 2014, when Barcelona were level with Atlético de Madrid 1-1 in the second half.