Gomes: “Makaridze's action will be seen in the referee courses”

José Gómes showed his perplexity in a polite way after the Almería game about Makaridze's slip. The Georgian was about to kick off the goal in the 83rd minute, with his team winning 2-1, when he stumbled and touched the ball twice in a row, which meant an indirect free kick inside the area, Hernández making the draw for Sabadell.

“The explanation is that it is the law of the game that a player on a goal kick cannot touch the ball twice. But there is no intention of Makarizde, since he slips. That image will be passed on in referee courses and it will be a world example, I never saw it “, José Gómes pointed out, who also spoke about the canceled play to Sadiq. “To cancel it, you have to pull the microscope because it is very difficult to see. We do not control that, we do control our football and attitude in each action and we must be more forceful without giving away so many balls, killing when there are opportunities,” he said.

The coach was not the only member of the squad who spoke about the play: José Corpas acknowledged that they were unaware of the rule. “We did not know that rule that has been explained. We understood from the old rule that if the goalkeeper knocks twice, he will be served again, but the referee told us that it was before and now he was indirect free with a barrier on the goal line . If it is knee down, he says that is done. We cannot focus the 90 minutes on that play, but look at ourselves, which has cost us to cover the gaps to make it difficult for them to exit and they have been comfortable. We want to win, but I think that a tie is fair, “he stressed.