Real Madrid, most fouled and least punished team in LaLiga
Mundo Deportivo's count shows Real Madrid drawing 171 fouls and receiving only 102 sanctions, while Barça top the table by three points.
According to RMC Sport, Mundo Deportivo has counted the fouls of every LaLiga side during the international break, and the numbers favour Real Madrid: they are the most fouled team, with 171, and also the least sanctioned, with 102. The Catalan paper reads it as a more lenient refereeing approach towards the whites.
On the Barça side, the club are the second team to suffer the fewest fouls (122) despite their possession game, and they sit 15th among the most penalised sides. Three Barcelona players appear among the 50 who commit the most fouls: Fermín López, Lamine Yamal and Xavi Espart. No Madrid player is on that list, although Bellingham is the most fouled player in the league.
The backdrop is the Negreira case, in which Barça and some former directors are under investigation over alleged payments of more than 7.3 million euros between 2001 and 2018. Madrid have already taken the matter to UEFA and keep attacking referees on their own channel. Barça lead LaLiga by three points over Madrid after twelve matchdays.
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