The arbitration of Atalanta-Real Madrid it continues to raise blisters and generate a lot of criticism. The last one, that of Antonio Percassi, Atalanta president who in ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’ showed his anger with the refereeing received by his team.
“It was a shock, I got chills when I saw the referee pull the red card. I thought that he had made the wrong choice and was sure that the VAR would have intervened. We were all puzzled, it was shameful: a very serious injustice “, he said, adding that” I had a very clear impression that it has remained: there was submission and the most important team was favored, on paper and at the level of history. Well, it wasn't an impression, this term could be used if there was only a dubious decision. There were so many that I had to write them down ”.
[+] The Atalanta coach was also critical of the referee
The Atalanta president remembers all those plays. “There were shortages of Nacho and Modric on Maehle and Pessina, they had to be reprimanded and nothing. A hand of Lucas Vazquez, the same. Y Casemiro? The referee was going to admonish him, he remembered that he had already seen another yellow and he thought twice, saying I don't know what. One of ours would have gone out on the street, and it would have been fair. It is impossible to do it like that: everything against Atalanta, always. Either you are not suitable for a Champions League match, or it is a matter of submission, “he explained
For Percassi, there remains the regret of “not having seen another game”, since “eleven against eleven the level would have been different.” Of course, Percassi continues to believe in qualifying: “A game in Madrid is always difficult, but we are going to try to win. I thanked the boys, one by one. They were inconsolable. “