After an important victory, Botafogo coach Artur Jorge celebrates his position in the group, but complains about VAR’s delay in making a decision
Despite the victory of Botafogo for Libertadores, the team’s coach, Arthur Jorge, was dissatisfied with the VAR of the match, mainly due to the delay in making a decision. It took 10 minutes for those responsible to decide to cancel LDU’s goal, which would have tied the match at the end of the first half.
“The delay often has to do with the difficulty of analyzing the bid and also with the tools used. From then on we are exposed to what time is needed. Whether or not we have the best tools, I don’t know, I’m not an expert on that. The fact is that it’s a long time, it affects us because it breaks the rhythm of the game. Today we had 15 minutes of great intensity, we had a fantastic start to the game, the players gave a very good rhythm to the game, it was strong, it was intense, was aimed at the goal”, commented the coach.
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— Botafogo FR (@Botafogo) May 9, 2024
Despite this, Arthur Jorge also spoke about Botafogo’s situation in his Libertadores group. The victory placed the team in second place, but they will now have two away games to confirm their qualification for the next phase, which he guaranteed would not be a problem.
“It is important today to put ourselves in this position. We had two home games, and we only won one. It is not the home or away factor that can determine our ambition and determination. I’ve been saying that we have to have the ability to play wherever, against whoever, in the same way. We will definitely fight for these two matches, fight for the six points that are up for grabs to achieve our goal. And out? It will be outside that they will count on us. That’s how I see things, because at this point we really have to look for the points we lost at home in the first game, and try to repeat the result we had here against Universitario“, he added.
Before thinking about the continental competition again, however, Botafogo will have the Strength as the next challenge on Sunday, 12th, away from home, for the Brasileirão. After that, visit the Universityfrom Peru, for the Libertadores, and ends its participation in the competition against Junior Barranquillafrom Colombia.
Source: sportbuzz
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