“If you win from the first minute and do not look for 2-0, the same is the failure of your party”
MADRID, 13 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois claimed to be “fed up with the victimism” after Diego Pablo Simeone complained of the penalty annulled to Julián Álvarez in the outcome of the round of 16 round of the Champions League, and pointed to the Atletico coach’s approach as a possible “ruling.”
“We have competed well until the last minute, they have defended a lot, that has been good for them. The Vinícius penalty is a shame, a difficult but happy game,” he said in a mixed area, after the intense duel in the Metropolitan.
The Belgian goal explained how he saw the launch in the Álvarez batch that slipped and seemed to play the ball twice before putting a goal. “The moment he throws, I thought he had given him twice, I told the assistant and told me they were looking at him. It’s bad luck but sometimes it can happen,” he said.
“UEFA sees it clear, I am fed up with the usual victimism crying for things like that, the referees do not want to benefit a team or in Spain or in Europe. They have seen it clear and that is why they have been pidered. In the VAR they have many cameras,” he added.
Courtois went further in his response and pointed to Simeone’s party approach. “If you win 1-0 from the first minute and you don’t look for the second, there is the failure of their game. Each one chooses their own, they wanted to take off prominence from Mbappé and Vinícius, and it has gone well, but I thought they were going to look for the second because we were not doing our best game,” he said.