Philippe Clement believes that the main referee of the match made a quick decision by showing Jefte a second yellow card.
Rangers should not have lost to Dynamo at home in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, and this result was unfair. This is what the head coach of the Scottish club, Philippe Clement, said.
The specialist believes that the result of the match was influenced by the decision of the chief referee to send off the Brazilian Jefte at the beginning of the second half.
“I saw the video. It’s clear that in football sometimes there is a gray area and that’s why VAR exists and helps make football fairer. But the decision has nothing to do with the gray area. It’s really clear that nothing happened. Jefte jumped higher, he didn’t move his hand beside his body, nothing.
I tried to understand the decision and asked, but the referee remained unconvinced: it was a clear foul, a second yellow and a red. I’m sure his bosses will have a different opinion.
I can’t say that it killed the dream at that moment, because the players continued to counterattack with ten men. Before that we dominated and created chances. The opponents’ team was good, but you could see they were tired and we knew we had more chances. The players kept believing, but in the end the opponents scored a goal. And then we tried to take a chance and they scored the second goal.
It was a defining moment and ultimately killed the dressing room’s dream and the dream of over 50,000 fans. We expect a higher level of decision making. This is the worst decision I have seen in over 30 years of football.
I have a lot on my mind, but you know if I say too much I can get disqualified, so let’s keep it all in my head. I have to be good and smart for the sake of the club and the team. We need to move on and learn positive lessons from these two games,” the News Letter quoted the coach as saying.
We remind you that Dynamo defeated Rangers in the third qualifying round of the Champions League and reached the decisive stage of the playoffs of the tournament.
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