Portugal’s Vítor Pereira blames Romanian judge Istvan Kovacs for Club World Cup elimination: “What we haven’t prepared for is refereeing that doesn’t adapt to the level of the competition” . Regarding the changes, he clarified that “they may be questionable, but these are my criteria”.
The defeat against Al Hilal was a hard and unexpected blow for Flamengo. The Copa Libertadores champion thought the Saudi rival would be a surmountable obstacle, but reality hits the faces of the cariocas and the Portuguese coach Victor Pereira .
The DT strongly claimed the arbitration of the Romanian Istvan Kovacs, to whom he directly blamed the elimination of cariocas in the Club World Cup in Morocco .
“We are preparing this rival, we are studying the rival, but what we are not preparing for is arbitration that does not correspond to the level of the competition. . A very big lack of criteria, a provocative arbitration. If it weren’t for the personality of our players, I’m sure we’d end the game with more sending offs said the former Corinthians manager.
Likewise, he added that “there was a permissiveness with the stops one after the other. In the first half, what I remember is that they hit our goal twice, both penalties. So in 11v11 we were much more of a team. We offered the game, but we didn’t know how to translate it into goals. In the second half, with one less, it became more difficult for us”.
Asked about the changes in the second half, the Lusitanian explained that the decisions are his responsibility, but warned that being with one less man forced this step.
“I didn’t go out Arrascaeta Due to his physical condition, he was expelled. If we had played 11 against 11 we would surely win . Gerson and Thiago are players who balance their perception and physical ability; they support Pedro, Gabigol, Everton Ribeiro. But, with the result and one down, the coach has to make decisions. They may be debatable, but those are my criteria.”
Gabigol’s Wrath
The striker was more direct Gabriel Barbosa , who also advocated the lack of work this year to explain the defeat of the most popular team in Brazil.
“Of course it’s a very painful defeat, the weather at work obviously influences, There’s no way to say no. The defeat affects us a lot, but we come with a lot of pride. We still have one game to play, we are defending the biggest club in Brazil. You are suffering today and tomorrow we have to overcome it,” said the former Inter Milan player.
Likewise, he also blamed the Romanian judge Istvan Kovacs, because “it was a completely dubious arbitration. Before the game, he was talking to people, in front of the players. We went and said normal game stuff and he showed some cards. It was like that with me. I needed it and I didn’t talk to him, he wanted me to continue the game, but he took my card anyway”.
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Source: Latercera
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