Quique Sánchez Flores, Getafe coach, explained the cause for which he was expelled at the end of the match that his team drew goalless against Athletic and He stated that a few words to the linesman led to his red card.
“I made a quick comment, something like” here yes and there no “and the second they said” expelled “. That’s when I felt bad. It’s something that I have to hold back, it is my mistake. I regret that the situation has turned out like this. Feeling expelled without opening your mouth in a rough, hard match, of duels, of divided balls, of a lot of friction, shock and fouls, well I have felt at that moment unprotected“he declared.
“I have not controlled my anger, I should have, but that they expelled me for such a small action has seemed unfair to me. We were at a level where it was impossible to dialogue. It was just gestures and frustrations. There are cameras and you will see and understand something. We are with very high pulsations. To expel you have to do something serious, but in this case everything has been too fast. But you have to turn the page and talk about the game, “he added.
Quique related that he said exactly to the linesman:
“Something like the lack of Aleñá” here yes and here not. “Something like that. I was hearing in the attack play the discount of the judge, who was saying four, three two, one … it is a play that is It has lengthened to 30 seconds when in front of me they were discounting up to four seconds. I have felt expelled from the second one. The judge said “expelled” and there I have not been able to control myself. It seems to me that it was all quite uncomfortable in the end, but I prefer to stay with the game. “
The arbitration certificate
Vázquez Figueroa’s story points to a harsh punishment for Quique Sánchez Flores
The referee Vázquez Figueroa related in the referee’s act of the match what happened with Quique Sánchez Flores. In the section ‘Other incidents’ he wrote: “After finishing the game, the assistant referee No. 1 tells me that the coach must be sent off for entering the field and addressing the fourth official in an exalted manner and loudly with his arms raised, protesting our decision, saying: “It was a fault, it was a fault.” Then, he addressed the assistant referee No. 1 protesting repeatedly and repeating the previous sentences with a threatening tone. Once the red one was shown, he addressed me in a aggressive saying: “Why did you send me off?”, “And I have not done anything.” After these events, he had to be held by several players and members of the coaching staff repeatedly to be removed from the field of play.
Regarding his rival, he said that Athletic was very “physical”, very “tough” and that, although he can always beat you, he threw very little at Getafe’s goal, which, on the other hand, enjoyed many opportunities to win.
“We have had three very clear occasions. It gives us the feeling that we have wasted a good second half. The fans have come in good numbers and we thank them “.
He also praised the interventions of the goalkeeper Unai Simón: “He pulled out a hand that almost no one pulls out. A reaction to Olivera’s shot that is of a high level. That can mark the fate of the match. We have not won because we did not get the situations right “, commented.
Finally, cQuestioned if there is any external factor that wants to destabilize Getafe So that he does not win games, he made it clear that he is not one of those who “thinks that”, but he regretted the days that his team has to play.
“Sometimes weird things happen to us, like playing a lot of Mondays or Fridays. That is repetitive but I think they don’t want to punish us. We do not want to play so much Friday and so much Monday, but we endure it and we want to do our best, “he concluded.