Real Madrid has submitted an official appeal against the direct red card received by defender Dean Haussen during the team's match against Real Sociedad at the Anoeta Stadium, as part of the Spanish league competition, and the club is confident that the appeal will be accepted and the penalty will be canceled.

Referee Gil Manzano sent off Haussen in the 32nd minute, a decision that sparked widespread controversy within the club and among its fans. Real Madrid believes that the dismissal is not based on sufficient justifications, and it is expected that the competition committee will issue a decision to annul the card.

Real Madrid's defense in the appeal relies on two main points:

That Eder Militao was able to cover the attack.

That the distance to the goal and the direction of the ball do not constitute a clear goal-scoring opportunity.

The club's position is further strengthened by the fact that the refereeing system, through the referees' committee, acknowledged the existence of a refereeing error in the incident, after referee Figueroa Vázquez was excluded from assignments due to his failure to intervene from the video assistant referee room to call the main referee to review the incident.

This action serves as an implicit acknowledgment of the mistake and increases Real Madrid's optimism about the cancellation of the card, especially since the club hopes to have Haussen available for the upcoming league match against Espanyol.