Preparations for the Copa del Rey final between Barcelona and Real Madrid has been thrown into chaos. Ahead of the first El Clasico final in the competition since 2014, referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea gave an emotional press conference in which he called out Los Blancos for criticising him on their in-house tv channel.

Spanish football has rejected Real Madrid's demands with the match set to go ahead with the scheduled officiating team

Real Madrid lashed out at the Copa del Rey final referees on the eve of Saturday's match, labelling complaints about pressure from the club's television channel 'unacceptable' and boycotting all planned pre-match activities in protest.