OUTRAGED BY EDGAR'S EXPULSION
Pellegrini's brutal 'crack' against the Barça-Betis referee
Published:30/04/2023 - 11:00h
Updated:30/04/2023 - 11:01h
Manuel Pellegrini harshly criticized Carlos Del Cerro Grande's refereeing after Barça-Betis (4-0). For the Chilean coach, the expulsion of Edgar González in the first half for a double yellow card was absurd and ended the game
Edgar González finish being the big villain of the Real Betis in his visit to the Spotify Camp Nou (4-0). The central Spanish replaced to the lesionado Luiz Felipe in the minute 12 and grieve could be 20 minutes on the green product of a double caution that left to the visitors with ten happened the half hour of game. After the party, the technical Manuel Pellegrini 'rajó' against Carlos Of the Big Hill, considering that the expulsion of the defender was unfair.
"It was a party that lasted 20 minutes. The Barcelona dominated, marked with a corner and afterwards finished the party with an absurd expulsion. They finish with a show with 70.000 people by a fault of personality tremenda", said the míster Chilean to 'Movistar Plus'. Edgar saw the second yellow in the 33', three minutes before Robert Lewandowski put the 2-0 momentary that cleared the aspirations 'verdiblancas'.
For Pellegrini, any of the two yellow was just
The defender of 26 years saw his first cardboard in the minute 24 by a zancadilla on Raphinha. The Brazilian had assisted to Andreas Christensen ten minutes before to open the marker with a centre that the Danish attained cabecear in the point penalti. Happened the half hour, Of the Big Hill showed the second yellow to Edgar by a pisotón on Pedri. The VAR validated the expulsion and the Betis did not have more remedy that finish the party with a man less.
"The second yellow to Edgar is a shame. The referee said that it was not and did not have personality to keep his decision".
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In this sense, Pellegrini was cutting against the Madrilenian referee. "If to me they ask me, it is not any of the two yellow. The first is justifiable because it is his criterion, but the second does not have explanation because it is against his own criterion. He same says twice that it is not yellow and did him change his decision. It did not have personality", reiterated the ex technician of the Real Madrid.
Pellegrini Denied to admit the superiority of the Barça
Centred in his criticisms to the arbitration, the míster sudamericano descartó recognise the superiority of a Barça that controlled the party from beginning to end. "We look for the party with our football, but was difficult when we remain us with ten and more still with nine. Analyse the Barça? It could not because they were 20 minutes", reiterated the trainer bético. At the end, the Andalusians finish with nine by the injury of Joaquín, which has very bad paints for the experienced player, the one who announced his retreat at the end of the 2022/23 this week.