Robin van Persie expresses his incomprehension about referee Serdar Gözübüyük after the match of Feyenoord – Heracles Almelo (4-2). The referee approved a goal by the top scorer in the first half
” href=”https://www.fcupdate.nl/voetballers/ayase-ueda”>Ayase Ueda, with which Van Persie completely disagrees. The trainer also gives an initial assessment of the injuries that four (!) of his players seemed to encounter in the second half.
Ueda thought he could open the score after just fifteen minutes on Sunday afternoon, when he netted a sharp cross from Leo Sauer just before the goal line. However, the Japanese headed the ball into the net via his own arm and Gözübüyük did not notice this, after which the referee disallowed the goal. Van Persie appears before the cameras after the match ESPN and expresses his surprise at Gözübüyük’s decision.
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“I thought Ayase’s goal was valid, I still don’t understand why it doesn’t count. Because he heads it into the goal, practically, against his own hand. He literally hangs in the goal and then he grazes his arm, gosh. No, I don’t agree at all. Then you don’t feel at all that it has no influence at all. I think that’s a shame for Ayase, he deserved a goal. And this was also, I think, a valid goal. Come on,” said Van Persie.
Van Persie removes concerns about Hwang and Valente: ‘Cramp’
The second half of the match against Heracles seemed to be disastrous for Feyenoord. Yes, the victory was over the line, no less than three players with Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Anel Ahmedhodzic and Luciano Valente retired, while a fourth, In-beom Hwang, also seemed to be in pain in the final minutes, but the game was perfect because the substitution options had already run out. How is their physical condition, reporter Hans Kraay junior from Van Persie wants to know.
Both central defenders seem worrying for the upcoming confrontations with Real Betis (Thursday) and PSV (Sunday). “It is difficult to judge, so soon after the match, but I think Watanabe has sprained his ankle. Then the question is how bad that is, we have to wait and see, we all hope that it will not be too bad,” Van Persie begins. “Ahmedhodzic was hit, which caused him a lot of trouble and pain. At one point he asked for a substitution. If Anel asks for a substitution, he really has to go. Because he normally never does that.” Van Persie has better news about Hwang and Valente: “Kramp,” the trainer explains.
