Ten Hag defends Casemiro after new Premier League dismissal

After the second direct expulsion of casemiro in three games of Premier League, Erik Ten Hag he was infuriated by the English referee, who constantly claims that he defends intensity, but that in practice ends up being more rigorous than other leagues, since the Brazilian midfielder has never received a direct red in La Liga.

The referees arrive at the start of the season with the policy that ‘we are the Premier League and we want intensity’. However, Casemiro, in more than 500 matches, had never received a red card (directly) and now he has already been shown two.”

Ten Hag recalled Casemiro’s first sending-off, after putting his hand on Casemiro’s neck. Will Hughes, of crystal palace. The coach was keen to say that with the still image, it looks like a terrible move by the midfielder, but that is debatable because at normal speed, it was something sudden and that ends up happening in a game.

“It was also very debatable. When you freeze the image, you can see all the evil in the play. Everyone who knows anything about football knows when what’s bad and what’s fair, and Casemiro is a tough player, but clean. He is disappointed.”

Manchester United defended themselves against Casemiro’s expulsion and attached a video where the Brazilian talks about the intensity he plays, but stating that he never comes to evil, because that would be wrong. The midfielder also said that fouls are part of football and he specializes in that to help his team.

“I always go strong because that’s who I am and I like to play with intensity, but there’s no malice. I never went into a tackle with the sample locks to hurt a player. If someone goes to hurt me, I get angry, because this is not football.”