The Spanish League decided to exclude referee Jose Luis Monueria Montero from managing any match in the 25th round, after the controversy raised during the Real Madrid match against Osasuna in the Spanish League.

The match witnessed a widespread arbitration controversy after Real Madrid's demands to calculate three penalty kicks in his favor, as well as their objection to the expulsion of their player Joud Bellingham, who considered that it was due to an inaccurate comment he said to the referee, and the match ended in a 1/1 draw, which increased the resentment of the Royal Club.

Immediately after the controversy, the Appointments Committee did not include the name Montero within the arbitration teams for this week, although the decision to exclude it is a precautionary procedure not an official penalty, and many referees supported their colleague Monueria after the attacks and threats he was subjected to.

Real Madrid criticized the performance of the referee publicly, noting that its decisions negatively affected the team, at a time when the video technology was not useful in intervention, as coach Carlo Ancelotti considered that the expulsion was unjustified and that there were clear arbitration errors in recent matches.