The CD Tenerife coach, Pepe Melcharged this Friday against the refereeing of the match that resulted in a 2-3 loss against Real Zaragoza. Mel bit her tongue: “I can’t speak, there is no freedom of speech here because they are punishing me.” And so that there is no doubt: “The referee was excellent, a crack“.
Mel predicted after the defeat against Real Zaragoza (2-3) that his team will “definitely come from behind” with their performance this Friday, despite losing a very competitive match midway through the first half. dismissal with a red card directly from midfielder Sergio González.
The Madrid coach appeared in the press room and before being questioned, stood on the floor to indicate that the team, despite not scoring, had achieved “something important, a unity with the public”, and he felt. “very proud” of his playersand also asked not to ask about the referee.
Mel repeated to reporters that his team was “better” than Zaragoza during They were on the field eleven against eleven“with a shot on the post and a goal”, and even with ten, when they scored the second at the beginning of the second half, but he acknowledged that in the end They were accused of trying to play more minutes with fewer footballers.
“My duty is that we all keep the good, because there are other things that escape us and we cannot control; what depends on us, we have done everything good, showing stability, commitment and unity with those who stand; When ten of us were left we had to change the script, run, fight and put our feet, but the team gave everything, the the footballers are dead in the locker room and nothing can be said to them” he explained.
Because of this, the Madrid coach believes that this defeat will only mean “that we will leave this situation laterbut the team will come out safe, because working in this way, it is very rare for us to lose many games, we have to continue on this path.”
Mel admitted that not only did being stuck with ten players in the first half affect them, but so did conceding the 2-1 scoreline, which signaled the start of return of the mano team in thirteen minutesfrom 74 to 87.
The Tenerife coach did not complain about the dismissal of Sergio González “because it can be red“, but in other situations of the game where “we felt hurt”, and regretted that in football “there is no freedom of expression” to question the decisions of the referees without being sanctioned for it.
Source: La Verdad
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