A new controversy broke out in recent days with the Barcelona as the protagonist and the fans of the present in the San Mames Stadium He did not let the corruption case involving the culé team go unnoticed.
In protest mode, fans of the athletic bilbao prepared a special reception for the team led by Xavi Hernandez. In the 30th minute of the match, the fans threw into the air papers that pretended to be tickets with the colors of Barcelona (blue, red and yellow) with the legend of MAFIA next to the club crest.
The Negreira Case, the corruption case that came to light in Barcelona
The Spanish newspaper The confidentialbrought to light a real bomb that involved the club chaired by joan laporta and Jose Maria Enriquez Negreiraformer vice president of Technical Committee of Referees.
According to the Spanish media, Negreira received a payment of approximately 7 million euros from the group blaugranaa between 2001 and 2018 to receive arbitration reports to be able to use in their favor.
Thus, the so-called Negreira Case is being investigated by the Tax agencyto Spanish to resolve the corruption case involving the culé leadership and Negreira, former vice president of the CTA.
The last move made by Negreira was announced by the Spanish press last week through the withdrawal of 550,000 euros in cash, money that is under investigation to find his whereabouts.
As a consequence of all this, it is fulfilled that the Barcelona Provincial Prosecutor’s Office will denounce the club for the charge of continued corruption for the payments that were made to that former referee, also pointing from Laporta to the former president of the club, Josep Maria Bartomeu also involved in the case.
Barça continues to add three and is the leader
Leaving aside what was happening off the pitch, Xavi Hernández’s team responded during their visit to San Mamés. It was a 1-0 victory for the team blaugrana with a goal from the Brazilian rafina when the first 45 minutes were up.
That was enough in Barcelona to take the three points and stabilize at the top of the standings in the leaguemaintaining a distance of nine points with the real Madridhis immediate pursuer.
