The World Cup has apparently left deep wounds. 0:1 against Morocco. Portugal are eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Defender Pepe (39) is particularly angry!
He shows himself to be a bad loser and attacks referee Facundo Tello: “It is unacceptable that an Argentine referee whistles on us! Especially after Messi complained. The referee wasn’t the right man for the game.”
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But then he delivers a very curious accusation: “Eight minutes of stoppage time are far too little! They just played for time the whole time. And then only eight minutes?!”
He explains it as follows: “The second half we just stood around. We played, they just left the ball lying around.”
Shortly before the end, Pepe even had the mega opportunity to equalize. From two meters he heads past the box in the seventh minute of added time. Morocco defender El Yamiq even kisses him on the head afterwards.
Midfielder Bruno Fernandes (28) also criticized the appointment: “I find it very strange that a referee whistles for us whose nation is still in the tournament.” It is very strange that no Portuguese referees have been nominated for the World Cup, ” because we have Champions League referees. And this referee doesn’t blow the whistle for the Champions League.”
Pepe concludes: “From what I saw today, they can now award the title to Argentina.”
What an incredible accusation!
Only Portugal coach Fernando Santos did not want to blame the referee for the end: “Referee? I don’t think so. He could have called a foul in some situations, but I don’t think so in general. We could have done more, we didn’t manage that, we shouldn’t blame the referee for that.”
