The arbitration of French clubs in Europe is being talked about, episode 2. After the last minute penalty awarded to Paris against Newcastle at the start of the week, Ajax, defeated Thursday evening in the Europa League by Olympique de Marseille (4 -3), begins to cry over the poor performance of the Italian referee of the match, Simone Sozza. In the words of coach Johan van’t Ship to Radio Veronica, the Dutch believe they have conceded “two questionable goals” out of the four.
“We conceded two questionable goals, two penalties, the first was very light. The referee made his European debut. Maybe he was also under high tension. » The other unhappy person of the evening on the Ajax side was Steven Berghuis, sent off on the hour mark for a dangerous tackle on Correa.
After initially receiving a yellow, the card turned red after intervention by the VAR. “I don’t think it’s a red card, I even have doubts about the yellow,” declares the player with a little (a lot) of bad faith. I take the ball and end up making contact with him. I make a tackle to stop a winger, use it normally and take the other leg with me. Everyone was amazed. » Except for fairly sane people who realize the dangerousness of the gesture.