Resentment, rage and impotence, and even a certain resignation. It’s the feeling of pain that dominates the dressing room. Elche CF later Disastrous refereeing by Galicia Iglesias Villanueva in the field and Aragon Jaime Latreat the meeting against Betis last Friday.
Green fringes suffered three fines and three deportation sentences are unheard ofIt allowed the Andalusian team to bounce back after a great first half where Machín’s team fairly and rightfully won 2-0 on the scoreboard. Last 2-3 players, coaches, fans and managers completely screwed.
Elche The team with the most dismissals (10) and the most penalties (10) this season in the First League. According to Pedro Martín, what happened to Betis with a maximum of three penalties and three expulsions, It had only happened three times in the 93-year history of the Spanish league and hadn’t been for almost 30 years. In the highest category of Spanish football.
ANDIt happened in 1994 in an Osasuna-Barcelona, and you have to go back to 1935 to find another precedent in Espanyol-Real Madrid..
such a situation caused franciverde players to bite their tongues to avoid punishment, as well-known midfielder Gerard Gumbau. «They punish me if I say what I think… Another one. We do a lot of things well and it seems like they want to piss us off in some way so we don’t get points.», pointing to Catalan at the end of the meeting on DZAN microphones.
Referred to the game of gumbau Magallán’s dismissal in the 55th minute, 2-0 on the scoreboard and this was decisive for the future of the party:«Anyone who’s played football knows that it’s a career and it’s not getting kicked out of life.. We don’t understand many things and what the criteria are. Every year they have more technology and create more suspicion.. The problem is that VAR called him to fix the first yellow card he saw.
In his statements to the official channels of the Elche club, the Elche midfielder said, “The word is impotence and not knowing what to do. When someone with this power, like the referee, takes a lot from you, eventually all that anger and all that frustration comes out of the work we’ve done.. We got the game back on track and did a great job,” the Catalan complained.
They need to explain
The Franciverde football player resigned and stated: «Everything is against us this year. There are situations that do not depend on us as much as we do and that harm us.. Like us, they should come out and explain the reasons for these decisions. Every year they come to us and give speeches, every year they have more tools and they make mistakes all the time… I don’t understand that.».
Despite all the sticks, Gumbau said, «Elche will continue to fight for our fans who are always there for us, and for ourselves, who had a very difficult year.. If we compete like we did against Betis, I’m sure we’ll be happy, that’s all we’ve got.”
on his behalf goalkeeper Edgar Badia He pronounced himself in similar terms: «Everything is happening to us this year. I already believe in everything. I have to breathe and bite my tongue… because what happened…».
The goalkeeper alsoBeing kicked out so early in the second half clearly conditioned the match. In the first game, we were superior to a team as big as Betis. The teamwork was great and the result was very challenging.»
«You have to bite your tongue, swallow, move on and focus on what’s up to us, which plays well.» commented while underestimating his saves and the penalty that stopped Borja Iglesias 2-2 on the scoreboard. “Absolutely useless, because the point is to collect points and we can’t get it. It’s a pity because the team is stepping forward, playing better each time, defying all their opponents, but we lost one more time.».
Carlos Clerc described it as “disappointment, anger and sadness” Regarding emotion and VAR’s intervention, he commented: «The football I knew when I was younger is a little different than it is now. Use VAR to improve, but what it does is change the referee’s criteria. It changes automatically when searched in 90% of cases. Hands are not determined by the same criteria.. This is something that needs to be reviewed” and they regretted not getting it. No explanation from the referee “because you couldn’t talk to him, he didn’t give you a choice.».