The Belgian club lost to the Miners with a score of 0:1
Coach Antwerp’s Mark van Bommel commented on the arbitration of the meeting with Shakhtar (0:1) in the fifth round of the Champions League. The coach of the Belgian club is furious with the referee’s decisions in a number of episodes.
“The referee gave two of our players a yellow card for an alleged elbow strike. But not their captain [Степаненко] for a mistake that I made 25 times in my career and received 25 cards. And in the case of Janssen, I think that there was a penalty when there was contact with Bondar in the 54th minute. They also played with their hand in the penalty area during the corner.”
“Who worked for VAR? I wonder what they see. I don’t want to pay too much attention to this, but we are talking about a person. Who is behind this screen? Are they competent enough? Do they understand football? We didn’t lose because of them, but sometimes I have this question. What else should we do? Cancel VAR?
Antwerp lost minimally to the Miners. In five rounds, the Belgian club has not scored a single point and will not compete in European competition in the spring.
Van Bommel’s team will hold the final round on December 13 against Barcelona.
Source: Sportarena
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