Manuel Pellegrini’s furious reaction to Piero Maza’s arbitration: “An absolute lack of criteria”

The Chilean coach of Real Betis was upset with the performance of the national judge after the defeat against Colo Colo, where he also ended up being sent off.

Saturday, November 19, 2022

Manuel Pellegrini’s Real Betis closed their South American tour with a new loss against < strong>Colo Colo, in a game so intense that even the coaches were expelled for their constant complaints to the referee Piero Maza. ” questioned the national referee, especially about the play that meant the only goal of the match, due to a previous foul on Juan Miranda, which was not noticed by the referee and the action ended in the conquest of Leonardo Gil. Colo is waiting for him and the referee urges him to kick off the winger and the goal came with one less player.”

“It seemed absurd to me, a absolute lack of criteria, first by that it was a foul and if he doesn’t estimate it, at least he expected the player to stop, then he estimated that he should throw me out and nothing more”, he added.

Apart from Maza’s performance, Pellegrini He considered that “we had more chances than Colo Colo” and emphasized that “unfortunately we lost the game in a rather controversial move”.