Alonso Slame Referee for the Red Cardboard of Huijsen in the last victory of Real Madrid
Real Madrid maintained its perfect start for the Laliga season with a 2-1 victory of evil on Real Sociedad on Saturday, although the match was overshadowed by the controversy surrounding the red card by Dean Huijsen.
The defender was dismissed in the 32nd minute after referee Jesus Gil judged that his challenge on Mikel Oyarzabal denied a clear scorer opportunity.
At the time, Madrid was already in advance thanks to the first strike from Kylian Mbappe. Playing with 10 men for almost an hour, Los Blancos was forced to deeply dig at the Reale Arena.
Arda Guller extended the advantage of visitors before the break, but Oyarzabal converted a penalty to the second half to set up a tense finish.
Despite the digital drawback, Madrid maintained to obtain a fourth consecutive championship victory.
After the match, coach Xabi Alonso openly questioned the referee’s judgment. “For me, it was a yellow card,” said Alonso at his press conference. “(EDER) Militao was close. The ball was not under control. There were still 40 meters to go. ”
He added: “This is my interpretation, the referee had another, and the Var had another. I asked for an explanation and that did not convince me much, but let it be there … Winning in Anoeta is always very difficult, and today it was even more difficult.”
Alonso described Huijsen as both “relieved” and “angry” after the final whistle. The coach admitted that the defender’s fault was “avoidable”, but remained firm that a red card was too severe.
“When there are clear mistakes, I like Var to intervene,” he continued. “I don’t want to make him a monologue on the referee … It has conditioned the game a lot.”
The Madrid boss was seen in a lively discussion with referee Gil after the match. “We talked about his interpretation,” said Alonso. “It didn’t convince me much. But now, we can’t do anything. Let’s see if other explanations convince me. “
The Mbappe striker, who now has four in Laliga, this campaign, recognized how the sending changed the dynamics. “The red card has changed the game a little,” he told Real Madrid TV. “We have suffered as a team, but we go home with the three points.”
Real Madrid TV later reported that the club compiled an arbitration decisions of this season and the last, which he intends to subject FIFA in the hope of attracting attention to what they believe to be a persistent problem.
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