{"id":868,"date":"2025-03-20T08:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T09:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/?p=868"},"modified":"2025-03-20T22:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:20:09","slug":"defender-claims-spain-call-up-unlikely-due-to-clashes-with-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/defender-claims-spain-call-up-unlikely-due-to-clashes-with-real-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Defender claims Spain call-up unlikely due to clashes with Real Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After becoming the first active La Liga player to participate in Gerard Pique\u2019s King\u2019s League project, RCD Mallorca right-back Pablo Maffeo gave an interview in which he claimed that his clashes with Real Madrid were an obstacle to the Spanish national team. Maffeo\u2019s back and forth with Vinicius Junior in games against Los Blancos have become a feature of recent seasons.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Cadena Cope<\/a>, Maffeo explained that he would rather play for Argentina \u2013 he shares double nationality and was once called up by the Albiceleste, although did not make his debut. Maffeo says he would not entertain a Spain call-up now though.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe, I\u2019d with Argentina. I was good there, they treated me super well. If one day I had to choose, it would be Argentina. I wouldn\u2019t go with Spain, I\u2019ve already said as much. As a result of the Vinicius\u2019 problem with Real Madrid\u2026 Obviously, that makes it more unlikely, the confrontations with Madrid. I don\u2019t know if I would have gone [otherwise], but I wouldn\u2019t go with Spain.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maffeo was not particularly impressed with Luis de la Fuente\u2019s Spain squad as it is.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven look at Raillo\u2026 I think he has deserved to go and they have taken a boy who I don\u2019t know who he is [Dean Huijsen]. I would have taken Rallo, obviously.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photo by Marca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
A flashpoint in almost every clash between RCD Mallorca and Real Madrid, Maffeo has maintained that it\u2019s all part of the game, and that Vinicius seems like a \u2018good guy\u2019<\/a> to him in the past. However he feels the media have fanned the flames of conflict.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere have been situations that have been taken out of context, for example when I said I would knock him out in ten seconds. It was recorded three months before playing against Madrid and it was released that week. You have to listen to the entire interview. If you want a circus, find another monkey for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old also clashed with Raul Asencio in January during the Spanish Supercup<\/a>, with the latter laughing at him, and Maffeo saying \u2018go and dsitribute videos\u2019. Those altercations have brought him more notoriety.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have noticed that I am better known. On the pitch I don\u2019t like to lose and even less like being laughed at. When they hesitate, I also enter and hesitate. If you put fire and fire together, flames come out. Playing against Madrid is always a motivation, but I treat all opponents the same. I have had clashes with everyone, but in Madrid you see more.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maffeo has become public enemy number one when the two sides meet, and it was notable that his comment about knockout out Vinicius was said in a joking manner, but re-appeared just days before the game. However certainly Maffeo would admit that he has fanned the flames somewhat during their altercations too.<\/p>\n
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