The full rundown of Atletico Madrid’s spicy tweets aimed at Real Madrid before derby

Real Madrid’s furious letter to Rafael Louzan, President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), have been met with a fierce backlash from the rest of La Liga. With potential sanctions coming the way of Los Blancos, Atletico Madrid have taken the opportunity to respond with humour.

Officially, Atletico are pushing for Los Blancos to be sanctioned by La Liga or the RFEF. Their letter to Louzan was the final straw in a general frustration with Real Madrid’s attitude to referees, following two seasons of the Real Madrid TV releasing frequent smear reports regarding the referees that are involved in their games.

Amigos de @RAEInforma, estos días nos están preguntando mucho sobre un asunto y no queremos equivocarnos.

¿Nos podéis ayudar con los matices de los siguientes verbos?:

presionar,
amedrentar,
intimidar,
coaccionar,
atemorizar,
influir,
imponer.

¡Muchas gracias!

— Atlético de Madrid (@Atleti) February 5, 2025

On Wednesday, Atletico tweeted the official account of the Royal Academy of Spanish language, with the following message.

“Friends of the Royal Academy of Spanish, these days we are being asked a lot about a subject and we do not want to be wrong. Can you help us with the nuances of the following verbs?:

pressure,
scare,
intimidate,
coerce,
frighten,
influence,
impose.

Thank you so much!”