23日，皇家马德里主场1：2不敌瓦伦西亚队，中场核心、英格兰队队长贝克汉姆也因为在比赛临结束前3分钟因不满裁判判罚被接连出示两张黄牌从而被红牌罚出场外。不过，西班牙足协竞赛委员会在25日的工作会议上，就皇马提出的申诉，做出了推翻这一处罚的决定。这意味着贝克汉姆将可以在进行的皇马对阵拉科鲁尼亚队的比赛中出场。

    据路透社10月25日报道，皇马在提交给竞赛委员会的申述书上表示，录像和照片显示，贝克汉姆在被出示第一张黄牌后的鼓掌动作根本没有“蔑视和嘲笑”裁判的含义。而竞赛委员会在研究录像后认为表示：

    “贝克汉姆是在背向裁判并回到自己球场位置后做出的鼓掌动作，虽然这一动作理应受到谴责，但我们认为还是应该把它看作是贝克汉姆最初不满裁判判罚的一个延续，同时不要忘了这个动作并不是当着裁判的面做出的。另外，无论是事件本身还是主裁的报告都没有表明这一动作具有侮辱裁判的意图，因此我们认为无需对贝克汉姆出示红牌。”

    虽然推翻了红牌处罚，但据皇马俱乐部透露，西班牙足协竞赛委员会仍然要根据足协章程就这一事件对该俱乐部处以一定数量的罚款。

    据统计，上一轮对阵瓦伦西亚队时贝克汉姆被出示的红牌是他自2003年加盟皇家马德里队后吃到的第3张红牌，也是他职业生涯中的第6张红牌。在本月早些时候对阵奥地利的世界杯预选赛上，贝克汉姆遭红牌驱逐，由此他也成为了历史上首位两次被红牌罚出场外的英格兰队球员。

    本赛季以来皇马自认多次在联赛中遭到裁判的不公正判罚。上个月在0：1输给西班牙人队后，皇马上上下下也表示是裁判的一个错误判罚导致了球队的失利，并扬言要进行上诉，要求有关方面撤销比赛结果，但在最后一刻皇马还是表现出了一定的克制，收回了这样的决定。

    David Beckham's red card near the end of Real Madrid's 2-1 defeat by Valencia on Sunday was overturned by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) on Tuesday.

    The decision means the England captain will be able to play in Real's league match at Deportivo Coruna on Wednesday.

    Real said that the Federation's Competitions Committee had brought forward their weekly meeting in order to deal with a number of matters including their appeal and had informed the club that Beckham was now free to play.

    Beckham was sent off three minutes from the end of Sunday's 2-1 defeat at the Bernabeu by referee Arturo Dauden Ibanez after receiving a booking for dissent and then a straight red card for applauding the decision "in a sarcastic manner".

    But Real appealed against the red card saying that video evidence and photographs showed that Beckham's clapping was "neither scornful nor sarcastic."

    The Competitions Committee decided that Beckham's clapping formed part of his initial protest and therefore the player should only have been punished with the initial booking and not an additional red card.

    "The clapping took place when the player's back was turned to the referee and when he was returning to his position on the pitch," said the Committee.

    "Although the action is worthy of reproach it was not done in direct confrontation and is seen as part of his original protest.

    "Neither the incidents themselves nor the referee's report suggest that there was an intention to insult or slight the referee."

    Real said the Committee had imposed a fine of 60.1 euros on the club for the incident in accordance with Federation rules.

    The sending off was Beckham's third since joining Real in 2003 and the sixth in his career.

    Earlier this month he became the first England player to be sent off twice when he was dismissed in a World Cup qualifier against Austria.

    Real's Danish midfielder Thomas Gravesen was given also given a straight red card in the Valencia match for a reckless challenge on winger Vicente, but the club did not appeal against that decision.

    Real have been highly critical of refereeing decisions that have gone against them this season and came close to asking for last month's 1-0 defeat against Espanyol to be annulled because of what they said was a refereeing error but they withdrew their threat at the last minute.