Real Madrid president Florentino Perez claims there were only "40" Chelsea fans protesting the Super League before their clash with Brighton.
With fans blocking the entrance to the stadium for the team buses, the extraordinary scenes saw club legend Petr Cech come out to confront the fans and plead with them to let the teams in.
When confronted by the fan protest in west London, Perez bizarrely claimed that Chelsea fans were "taken" to Stamford Bridge to protest to Super League, which helped spark a chain reaction in the English clubs dropping out.
He said: "Who brought those Chelsea fans to protest? There were only 40 Chelsea fans, and I could tell who brought them... just like here someone gave Cadiz jerseys (against Super League)."
