The Chilean coach of Betis was outraged after the expulsion of defender Luiz Felipe, for an alleged blow to the face of Iago Aspas, accused of having magnified the action.
In a great game, with a torrid end, Betis lost 3-4 to Celta de Vigo and lost ground in the fight for a place in the next Champions League, one of the team’s goals by Manuel Pellegrini. The duel had an intense future, with ups and downs and several changes to the scoreboard. However, in the epilogue, the controversy took hold of the Benito Villamarín stadium, due to the expulsion of Luiz Felipe.
The situation arises when Iago Aspas, the figure of the Galicians, holds the ball and the Brazilian defender of the Béticos vehemently heads towards the rival striker who, with his back turned, did not see the defender coming. Aspas falls to the ground, showing pain and clutching his face, supposedly from a slap in the face by Luis Felipe, who denied attacking Aspas in the face. The referee of Cerro Grande He took the straight red card from the Betis player, Despite protests from the locals, who demanded that the judge reconsider the action in the VAR since, they understood, that the former Lazio had not hit the Celta attacker in the face.
The simulation accusations towards the ex-Spanish selection generated a fight that hurt a lot and gave him more heat in the late game. Betis goalkeeping coach Toni Doblas was also sent off. Meanwhile, Iago Aspas claimed his innocence, claiming he was punched in the face.
After the game, and after reviewing the action, Manuel Pellegrini takes the floor. “It seems to me disloyalty from Iago Aspas, unforgivable. They have to improve LaLiga players. Luiz Felipe hits his hand, not his face. It is disloyalty, condemnable. He must be punished in the same way as the expelled “ said the Engineer, annoyed by the attitude of the opposite.
For his part, Juanmi claimed that the VAR did not come in to solve this action. “In the end, I think VAR is a useful tool for that. It doesn’t hit him in the face. He tries to take the ball from her. These are games that must be reviewed because in the end there is one less. It’s clear. It’s a straight red and needs to be checked. They tell us that they are for these cases, but then they are not examined,” he said.
Joaquín Sánchez, a Verdiblancos veteran, also complained: “VAR is for that. What do you lose by going to check. The intention is to take the ball away from him. Iago threw himself into it. He will do his thing, but the VAR is made for that. It should be reviewed.”
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