Real Madrid are confident of Barcelona facing sanctions from UEFA – report

Real Madrid are confident of Barcelona facing sanctions from UEFA – report The past 24 hours have seen the Negreira scandal return to the forefront once more, and the timing of the development is curious. Real Madrid are at the centre of the controversy resurfacing in the UEFA offices, and one cannot help but observe how the club are looking to divert the attention away from them at a point in the season when they are clearly far from their best. Instead, they are looking to find another means to defame Barcelona, and have sent UEFA a massive dossier of documents that they believe are sufficient to incriminate the Catalans. Real Madrid are confident As confirmed in a recent update by Mundo Deportivo , Real Madrid are confident that the official statement from UEFA on receiving the documents is not the end of the road. Real Madrid are growing confident of Barcelona facing a sanction. (Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images) For a long time, UEFA have not interfered in the matter and have distanced themselves from it as long as there is no ruling in the judicial proceedings in Spain. Now, however, Real Madrid believe that the extensive report of over 50,000 pages that they have submitted will be crucial in enabling them to take immediate action against Barcelona with no dependence on the domestic situation. They strongly see that UEFA now have all the required information about the case – a lot of which they did not have before – which will convert it from a standby to an active situation. What is the sanction Real Madrid are hoping for? Los Blancos believe that there are grounds to incriminate Barcelona for ‘directly or indirectly being involved in activity aimed at arranging or influencing the outcome of a match at either national or international level.’ Barcelona remain calm. (Photo by Alex Caparros/Getty Images) Under these circumstances, the punishment would be an immediate expulsion from the UEFA Champions League for one season, in addition to a massive fine. Further, Real Madrid also see that Barcelona’s alleged actions are a serious breach of UEFA’s ethical code, a violation of which is compatible with criminal proceedings. It thus remains to be seen how the situation plays out. Barcelona, for their part, are unbothered and calm after the developments , while Real Madrid are looking to go all out and throw the Catalans under the bus.