The silence of the wolves

25 years ago, a film based on a Thomas Harris novel was a smash hit. Clarice Sterling (Jodie Foster), who aspires to enter the FBI, is responsible for establishing contact with the famous psychiatrist, serial killer and cannibal, Hannibal Lecter (Anthony). … Hopkins, to try to catch another murderous psychopath. During interviews, Lecter told Sterling: “With all my knowledge and intuition, I could never completely predict you.” Anyone would think that Hannibal was talking about the Spanish rulers.

It is also possible that it was pronounced by Ángel Haro and José María del Nido Carrasco, who were chosen by the League to represent the clubs in the Refereeing Reform Commission. Accepting it was not a good idea for me at the time, and over time I rated it worse. We are already tired of the bad feelings generated by the Medina Cantalejo era in Sevilla football, to now stand up to an association as tight and powerful as Arbitration. The truth is that Sevilla has become by far the most carded team in the competition and has had the most penalties awarded against it, and Real Betis, the only team that has not yet had a maximum penalty kick in its favour, despite being one of the teams that enters the opponent’s box the most. He who believes in coincidences is blessed for his naivety.

Nothing is known about the progress made by the reform committee. It seems to me that the reformists are losing by a landslide. At first, they could not even convince the Spanish referees, as happens in all major European leagues, to explain to the fans the reason for their decisions after resorting to VAR. It is respect and a practice of transparency towards the fans, who deserve to know why they made the decision. Quite the contrary, obscurantism is chosen, as if it were not enough, in non-reviewable plays, for them to derive different criteria by which they resolve similar actions in the course of matches. Surrender to the silence of the wolves. It is the lambs that allow the problem to persist.

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