What Isco shouted at the referee during Madrid derby after several poor decisions

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By Duaine Ansong

Published Nov 19, 2017

Refereeing decisions in the Madrid derby clearly led to the Real playmaker losing his cool

Real and Atletico both slipped further behind Barcelona on Saturday after the leaders won at Leganes and the Madrid derby ended goalless.The clubs from the Spanish capital are now ten points behind Barca, and in fact, they even trail high-flying Valencia, who have been La Liga's surprise package this season.Real Madrid dominated possession in the Wanda Metropolitano but couldn't make that all-important breakthrough despite a flurry of late chances.

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Along with Luka Modric and Toni Kroos, Isco was at the heart of most of Real's attacking moves against Atleti, and it's been a quite wonderful 2017 for the silky Spaniard.

However, in a very uncharacteristic act, the 25-year-old lost his cool during the derby and shouted something at the referee which could have got him in serious trouble.

Why was Isco so angry?

Isco is known for being one of the calmest players around, and his ability to take the ball under pressure in the middle of the park is almost unrivalled.

However, the playmaker was furious at referee David Fernandez Borbalan after a series of decisions went against Zinedine Zidane's side against Atletico.

What Isco deemed to be repeated fouls on him were simply ignored by the officials, including a collision where Atletico captain Gabi seemed to kick the Los Blancos man.

Isco's outburst at ref

The incident that led to Isco's outburst was when appeared to control a pass with his shoulder, only for the referee to penalise him for a handball.

As you can see in the video below, the ex-Malaga star wasn't too happy at the decision, as he pointed towards his shoulder and claimed that Borbalan had made the wrong call.

However, it was too late by then, and Marca have revealed that Isco screamed “Eres muy malo” at Borbalan, which translates into English as “You are very bad”.

As mentioned above, what Isco said could have got him a caution for dissent, to add to what was an overall frustrating night for the reigning Spanish and European champions.