Ricardo thinks Coates is needed … but he also suffered – Sporting

Ricardo, a former Sporting goalkeeper, whose career was marked by a controversial goal by Luisão in a 2005 derby, gave his opinion on the invalidated goal for the lions at the end of last Saturday’s match with Famalicão.

“Coates touches the goalkeeper, touches his arm and deflects the trajectory of the goalkeeper’s arm. At another moment, the goalkeeper when he jumps on the ball, Coates is already descending. The action of Coates is caused by the action of the defender who comes with Coates , which bends down and pushes him. It is an action that provokes another action. This in rapid movement, the goalkeeper did not even call a foul on him. on the player who went ahead, he is already late for the play and when Coates arrives practically heads the ball. Coates is up there when the goalkeeper is still on the ground, I made a foul, but I probably scored before the action that the defender had with Coates, we are discussing small things, you see everything. Hand in hand, to understand where he is Coates, push it and it becomes unbalanced, ”he stated on the Sport TV program Titulares.

The former goalkeeper also criticized Frederico Varandas, for expressing his indignation towards the referees in this match, but not to mention the performance of the referees in other matches, such as Sporting in Paços de Ferreira.

“I would like to have seen, by the seriousness and by what people have said, the president [Varandas] Make that noise you made in Paços and in the last game, where Sporting won with goals that were not legal. I did not see the president come and say: ‘In this game we benefit and the referee was wrong’. This, said by someone who wants to make a difference ”, he concluded.