“There is excessive indulgence in some and a heavy hand in others,” the residents of Seville complain.
He Seville issued an official statement on Saturday complaining about the arbitration decisions and of the yellow and red cards seen by their footballers on this course.
“Sevilla FC would like to express its deep concern and its absolute rejection of many of the refereeing decisions made this season in relation to the yellow and red cards issued to its players,” reads the official statement released a day after the 2-2 match. draw against Sevilla. Celtic in the Ramon Sanchez Pizza
A game in which the inhabitants of Seville were expelled paper gueye about 18 minutes into the first half, after the Sevilla midfielder committed two fouls (one on Renato Tapia and the other on Iago Aspas) and saw two yellow cards. In addition, Marcos Acunaauthor of the 2-0 partial, was also sent off after Celta’s 2-2 draw in the 93rd minute of the game for insulting the referee of the clash, Pizza gomez, so they could drop several suspension games.
“In the 90th minute, the player (19) Acuña, Marcos Javier, was sent off for the following reason: for repeatedly yelling at me ‘You killed it, you are the goddamn character of the game!’”put Pizarro Gómez in the referee report of the match.
“Nerves and fights sometimes lead us to say things we shouldn’t”would express Acuña on his Instagram account. “I want to clarify that I never said ‘Puto’ as stated in the match report, although the referee could certainly understand that with the environment and the noise of the stadium”would clarify the Argentine left back, world champion in Qatar 2022.
After all this, Seville strongly sued against the Spanish arbitration and assured, through a statement, that “it is clear that many of these cards could have been for protest, something that all players on all teams do, which makes it clear that there is a lack of criteria regarding the protests or, speaking plainly, an excessive indulgence in some and a heavy hand in others”.
This is how the full official statement reads:
“The club is and will always have absolute respect for the referee group, knowing how complicated it is to carry out refereeing work, but from the club we can’t share many of the decisions regarding the cards our players receive, which has seriously hurt us in the long run in the competition.
The data speaks for itself:
Sevilla FC, which is the 14th team in the ranking with 329 offenses with one game left. It is however the team with the most red cards in the season, together with Elche (11), and the second most yellow cards (91), surpassed only by Mallorca (98), which, however, is the vermilion team, the one that commits the most fouls (449), 120 more than Sevilla FC that has played one game less. As for the total number of cards (red and yellow), that’s about it the most targeted team in the championship, with 102, surpassing Mallorca with 101 and Getafe with 84 (the third team to commit the most fouls with 411), 82 more than Sevilla FC with one game less. This data indicates that it is the team that has the highest percentage of foul cards in LaLigadespite being seventh in the table of teams committing the fewest fouls in the category.
On average, practically one in three offenses committed by Sevilla FC results in a card. Attention to the match against RC Celta, Sevilla FC committed 11 fouls in the match and received four yellow cards and two red cards, while Celta saw two yellow cards for nine fouls committed. Although not a piece of information, it is clear that Sevilla FC are not classified as a tough team today, so this data does not cease to be alarming. It is clear that many of these cards could have been intended to protest, something that all players on all teams do, which makes it clear that there a lack of judgment in relation to protests or, plainly speaking, an excessive indulgence with what and a strong hand with others.
The general data of the Spanish league should lead to an urgent consideration: LaLiga is by far where the referees show the most cards. The comparison with the Premier League, where football is played physically and with much more contact, speaks for itself: in the Premier League, with more games played, they have shown themselves 29 cards taken so far; in La Liga, 108. More than three times. Something that stands out anyway. We demand from Sevilla FC that this data is analyzed and a brake is applied from where it corresponds to decisions that go against the show.
It’s not about making excuses for the season the team is having. If Sevilla FC is where it is, it is because of the sporting merits acquired during the 28 days playedbut it is about demanding equal treatment from all LaLiga clubs and unanimity of criteria when making decisions, something that unfortunately is not observed anywhere today”.
Source: Goal