‘The referee is lying to our faces’ | Relief

The derby between Sevilla and Betis was decided by penalties. The maximum penalty, which was converted by Lukebakio in the 50th minute and which after the game caused comments against the refereeing. He did it Diego Llorentethe author of the distribution, who explained what happened: “Well, let’s go piece by piece. The referee made a huge mistake when awarding the penalty.

“, speaks.

The Green-Whites defender spoke to the media and expressed his anger at Martínez Munuera’s decision: “This is a game in which I am on my back, my right hand is pointing down diagonally. Not up, as he tells us, and he lies to our faces.. And VAR does not call it. That’s what VAR is for, so you can watch it! If VAR doesn’t tell him anything either… It was clear on television,” he reasoned in front of the microphones.

And he continued: “My hand was down, it’s impossible to jump with my hands together. This is how we destroy football

. “There were several weeks during which we were harmed,” he adds.

As if this were not enough, Llorente was left angry and recalled an act from a previous match where he felt they had also been harmed: “The other day, in a match against Las Palmas, Johnny received a knee to the head before touching the ball.. I just ask for respect, here we work like bastards every week, and there judges who lie to our faces

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After 1:0, Sevilla and Betis were left with 12 points in the middle of the table. The Verdiblancos are in 10th place and the Sevillestas are in 12th place.