Former La Liga referee Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez believes the league is biased towards Real Madrid. The official, who took charge of 291 games across 17 seasons, claims 90 per cent of referees will side with Los Blancos while the other 10 will back Barcelona.
Between them the two clubs have won 14 of the last 15 titles and dominated domestically. And Gonzales told the El Larguero podcast that the bulk of Spain follows one of the country's giants: "Around 90 per cent go with Real and 10 per cent with Barcelona.
Whether Barca fans like it or not, 70 per cent of the Spanish population, excluding Catalonia, are Real Madrid supporters. "There are more Barca fans these days because the younger generation has seen the trophies they won
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