Atalanta coach incredulous after match with Real Madrid: “It’s a football suicide” – Atalanta

Without language. This is how Gian Piero Gasperini approached the outcome of the match between Atalanta and Real Madrid, in a game that was invariably marked by the controversial expulsion of Remo Freuler, in a play he made and that will undoubtedly give much to talk about. Although he does not point directly to the play, the Atalanta coach believes that the new regulations are causing suicide in football and explains why.

“It would have been very different if we had played eleven against eleven. People talk about absences, it’s fine, but they still have a lot of quality in the squad. I wanted an open game and we even started well, with good plays. It was supposed to be one. played very well. We defended well and we almost did it 0-0, but for sure it would have been more eleven against eleven, “he began by saying, then went on to attack how the new rules could be destroying. football.

“The game was ruined. Last season, after the absolute chaos, the law of the hand was defined. Now we are tempted to remove all kinds of contact from football and that will be the suicide of the sport. They just sanctioned me for saying something” . in Serie A and if you say here, UEFA will also suspend me for a month. But this is suicidal football. We cannot have referees who have never played the game and who do not know the difference between a duel and a foul, “he concluded.

“If you don’t understand the difference, then you should go find another job. The ones who should recommend the players should be the ones who played. Referees can now even watch replays, they have everything they need to judge plays and even make the wrong decisions. We waited so long for this game and then everything is ruined … We could have lost anyway, I don’t even complain about the result, but at least we could have played our game, “concluded the coach.