Sevilla FC has sent a formal complaint to LaLiga's Competitions Department over the audiovisual production of its match at the Santiago Bernabéu against Real Madrid on Sunday, 18 October, and wants the league to establish responsibilities. The letter, signed by club president José María del Nido Carrasco, was announced in a statement on Tuesday, 20 October. The club says the broadcast did not properly show several disputed moments, which left its side at an unequal disadvantage. It also objected to comments made on COPE's programme 'El Partidazo de COPE' by Sergio Carranza Lezcano, who heads production and editorial at LaLiga. The statement put its position plainly:
“The club considers it unacceptable that the television broadcast, key to transparency and to possible VAR alerts and reviews, is guided by criteria that LaLiga's production head has stated publicly.”
Sevilla lists four incidents. The first is a challenge by Cucurella on Peque, a possible penalty that was not given and was shown without adequate replays. The second is an elbow by Arda Güler on Peque, a possible red card, which the club says was broadcast only from distant angles and without zoom tools. The third is a foul by Konaté on Robbie Ure before Real Madrid's second goal, which the club says received insufficient television analysis. The fourth is the penalty awarded to Real Madrid for a challenge on Mbappé, which the club contrasts with the others because it was replayed many times from several angles. The club further says the Cucurella, Güler and Konaté plays were deliberately left out of LaLiga's official match summary, although images of them were later shown by operators such as Movistar Plus+ and DAZN.
The club wants a detailed and documented answer on the production plan, the cameras deployed, any blind spots and the staff responsible for decisions about the broadcast. It also requests the handover of audiovisual material, the preservation of recordings and the delivery of production protocols. Sevilla argues that LaLiga must publish the protocols and the margins of discretion that govern its production. The complaint treats the broadcast as part of the VAR process, because the club says television images feed into possible alerts and reviews.
Sources at the Comité Técnico de Árbitros (CTA) told reporters that not every camera feed is usable for VAR. They said the Güler incident happened behind the referee, away from the ball, and that the cameras were not aimed at that area, so only wide shots caught it.
“And since there is no evidence, it cannot be intervened on.”
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Sevilla has asked LaLiga to examine its match production, arguing that four disputed plays from the 18 October game against Real Madrid were treated unequally. The club says some of them were left out of the official match summary.
AI text based on reports by La Razón, EL MUNDO, ABC TU DIARIO EN ESPAÑOL and other publishers. Published .