The coach of the Alliance denounced, according to him, anomalous conduct on the part of the arbitral body that directed the party between Jocoro and those of the capital
There was controversy at the end of the duel between Jocoro and Alliance. The home team finished with an undefeated 13-game unbeaten run for Albos coach Milton “Tigana” Meléndez in the Major League.
At the end of the match, the players led by their captain Marvin Monterroza reprimanded the reference body led by central Héctor Salazar. The white coach, Milton Meléndez, was one of those who intervened to deter the protest of his elements, in which no warnings or expulsions were recorded.
In his statements at the foot of the court to the media, Meléndez said he “regretted” what he said could be a defiant attitude of line 1 José Antonio Magandí against some of the white players.
“It’s good that we lose, we’re not invincible, but it’s also unfortunate, and one doesn’t like it, that the referees celebrate because we lose. Line one, making fun of our players because we’re losing; our players … and that’s fine, we lost by one goal, but that can’t happen, it’s unfortunate “, stated” Tigana “.
From outside and separated only by the cyclone mesh of the track, some Alliance fans joined the reproaches against the referee quartet. All of Jocoro’s players celebrated their victory.
Meléndez also lamented the conditions of the playing field at the Terra de Foc Sports Center, sticking to similar statements he made during the week before the match.
“All the teams, not just us, have problems with this kind of ground to play football. It’s more a wrestling match than goals and games. This is explained to the referees at the end because there is a lot of contact,” he added.
“We are not invincible”
On the development of the meeting, Professor Meléndez clarified that the defeat of duty to “a distraction” in a match that he said they believed they had in their hands.
“We had control of the game, but an error in the start makes us score and then, they saw that we had there, a claret that sticks to the base of the post (1Q) and does not enter. I think occasions to goal there were very few, it was more of a midfield game and (for) a carelessness on the court, we lost the game, “he said.
The coach was also calm despite the change of time of midfielder Óscar Ceren, in the 33rd minute. “Aside from not being at all fit, he had a half fright for the entry they made him here. He had to leave the game, but he has no injury and is fine.”
For the white helmsman, defeat represents “nothing” in terms of concern about his team. “It’s true that (it’s) the first of the second phase and this has just begun. We knew it would be difficult here, but that doesn’t mean we’re already lost” For his part, Jocoro’s coach, Carlos Romero, he spoke calmly about his team’s victory over the Whites. These were part of his statements:
“It had to be a difficult match, we knew that Alliance had to come with all its quality arsenal, the important thing was the work that the team was going to develop, these three points are golden,” said Carlos Romero.
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