The deaf-mute expelled in the Bernabéu gives his version of a historical theft

It was one of the greater thefts in the history of the fútbol. It contested the eliminatory of dieciseisavos of the Glass of the UEFA 1984/1985 between the Rijeka and the Real Madrid. The Croatian group surprised to the whites winning 3-1 in the gone, and in the turn the Real Madrid traced back (3-0) to a large extent thanks to a performance more than controversy of the Belgian referee Roger Schoeters, that expelled to three players and signalled a penalti non-existent.

Recently it has explained his version of the facts Desnica, then player of the Rijeka, in an interview to the program 'Què t'hi jugues' of the Chain BE. The referee expelled to Desnica for protesting -although it is deaf-mute-, to two of his mates and pitó a penalti that was key for the pass to the following round of the Real Madrid, that by the way finish being champion of that Glass of Europe.

"Sincerely I think that they helped to the Madrid because it had been a shame for them that a modest deleted them"

"The referee shattered us literally with the three expulsions, decided to steal us the party", remembers Desnica, that now has 63 years. "It expelled me of unfair form and used all the possible technicians to avoid the victory of the Rijeka. The penalti that pita is invented and the Real Madrid only was able to mark us after three expulsions and a penal invented", explains outraged.

Regarding his expulsion, Desnica follows without knowing exactly why decided to command him to the changing rooms by double yellow cardboard. "Still today I follow without understanding why took me out the second yellow and expelled me. It is incomprehensible! The referee pitó a fault, but I did not hear the whistle and followed running. When I saw that all the world stopped decided to launch the balloon was and took me out the first yellow. And afterwards it took me out the second and expelled me. The explanation that gave me is that it had protested. Incredible", relates the ex player of the Croatian group.

A historical night to the pair that shameful

Without pelos in the tongue, Desnica does not doubt in ensuring that what occurred that night in the Bernabéu was an armed robbery by part of the referee, that by the way finish being suspended for life by the UEFA. "All the world knows that the Rijeka was upper and that played much better that party. The UEFA decided to suspend for life to the referee and think that is the best decision that could take. Sincerely I think that they helped to the Madrid because it had been a shame for them that a modest deleted them. The of the Bernabéu was an absolute injustice".

There have been a lot of rumours about that the referee could have been bribed by the own Real Madrid so that it conditioned the party in favour of the whites. Or it can that simply it was very bad. The question is that, thanks to that referee's performance, could say that the team merengue won, to the dessert, one of the Glasses of Europe that luce in his list of winners.