Real Madrid is furious with the Spanish referees as its star winger Vinicius Junior, is not receiving protection from the referees. Carlo Ancelotti has regularly defended him in recent weeks, demanding he is not responsible for the treatment he gets, but the Brazilian seems to be treated more harshly by the defenders than any other footballer in Europe – by a distance.

The Brazilian winger was fouled on 10 occasions against Real Mallorca, yet he was booked before any of the Mallorca defenders. In total, Mallorca made 29 fouls during the game, compared to Real Madrid's 14, but both received five yellow cards. Los Bermellones were allowed nearly six fouls per booking.

The Madridista outrage is not just limited to this game though. According to Marca, Vinicius has been fouled 79 times this season in La Liga, a remarkable 20 more than Neymar Junior, the next most-fouled player. In La Liga, Palazon is the next most fouled player with 52.

Vinicius has already been fouled more times than last season in its entirety (76), despite having played 20 matches only. Only Isaac Success of Udinese (every 22.03 minutes) averages more fouls than Vinicius (22.30 minutes). Furthering their argument, Vinicius is only fouled once every 40 minutes in the Champions League, which totals 11 fouls so far.