Madrid, March 3 (NA) -- Interim coach Álvaro Arbeloa publicly questioned Argentine Franco Mastantuono after his expulsion in Real Madrid's 1-0 defeat to Getafe, describing the incident as unacceptable behavior for a team of that level. The interim coach pointed to the Argentine's reaction, which left the team with ten men towards the end of a crucial match in the fight for the Spanish league. In the tournament's 26th round, the 'merengues' fell at the Santiago Bernabéu against Getafe, suffering their second consecutive defeat after the 2-1 loss to Osasuna. 'After a defeat, things look very bleak, but this is Real Madrid and no one is going to throw in the towel,' said the coach. Mastantuono, who returned after several weeks absent due to a pubalgia, came on in the second half with the intention of changing the game's dynamics, but ended up embroiled in controversy as he was booed by the crowd upon leaving and received his first career red card. 'I don't know exactly what he said to the referee, but if he was sent off, it was for something. Even, according to Diario AS, there was also an exchange with the fourth referee, a situation that could lead to a greater sanction,' Arbeloa was blunt in a press conference: 'These are things that cannot happen. In his debut season, he has accumulated 25 matches, with three goals and one assist. #AgencyNA We cannot have this type of action'. The coach took responsibility for the result, but maintained that the team will not back down: 'We have 36 points left and our objective is to get them all'. In that adverse context, Mastantuono saw a straight red card after a verbal altercation with referee Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz. According to the official report, the former River player said: 'What a shame, what a fucking shame', which prompted the immediate expulsion.
