Controversy As Real Madrid Offer Zaragoza Money
Real Madrid's decision to offer Zaragoza money two rounds ahead of their visit to La Romareda has left Barcelona and Sevilla crying foul.
While offering teams financial incentives to perform well (as opposed to playing poorly) is not outlawed, Real Madrid's decision to do the same with Real Zaragoza is raising eyebrows in Barcelona and Seville.
The incentive is being handed for Zaragoza to beat Sevilla this weekend, and technically not for the match against Real Madrid, it needs to be clarified.
However, the idea clearly is that should Zaragoza win and secure a Uefa Cup berth, they would be less intense against Los Merengues in the following round.
Roberto Carlos had made Madrid's objective abundantly clear on Tuesday, speaking to AS.
"I want Zaragoza to defeat Sevilla next Sunday and qualify for next year's UEFA Cup, because if they don't we will have a tough game in Zaragoza the following weekend," he had said.
Barcelona have declared that they will not be offering any 'black bags' and instead count on the teams' imperative to do their best no matter what.
Meanwhile Real Madrid have chosen to go ahead with it, and have already handed Getafe - who have little to play for but pride - a massive incentive should they get a result at the Camp Nou on Saturday
Real Madrid's decision to offer Zaragoza money two rounds ahead of their visit to La Romareda has left Barcelona and Sevilla crying foul.
While offering teams financial incentives to perform well (as opposed to playing poorly) is not outlawed, Real Madrid's decision to do the same with Real Zaragoza is raising eyebrows in Barcelona and Seville.
The incentive is being handed for Zaragoza to beat Sevilla this weekend, and technically not for the match against Real Madrid, it needs to be clarified.
However, the idea clearly is that should Zaragoza win and secure a Uefa Cup berth, they would be less intense against Los Merengues in the following round.
Roberto Carlos had made Madrid's objective abundantly clear on Tuesday, speaking to AS.
"I want Zaragoza to defeat Sevilla next Sunday and qualify for next year's UEFA Cup, because if they don't we will have a tough game in Zaragoza the following weekend," he had said.
Barcelona have declared that they will not be offering any 'black bags' and instead count on the teams' imperative to do their best no matter what.
Meanwhile Real Madrid have chosen to go ahead with it, and have already handed Getafe - who have little to play for but pride - a massive incentive should they get a result at the Camp Nou on Saturday
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