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In the meeting between IFK Norrköping and AIK yesterday, Henok Goitom knocked down Henrik Castegren in the AIK penalty area. The home team called for a penalty, but referee Kristoffer Karlsson decided to release.
– The solution I see is: either you hire international judges who maintain a high enough level, train the judges better or you stay WHERE. There’s nothing else, said Simon Thern from Beijing after the match and continued:
– It is too much that makes me feel that it is enough. I feel a desperation. I am so fucking disappointed. It affects one’s life. We live for this. If the players had been as bad as the referees, we would have been relegated to the youth team.
Stefan Johannesson, head referee for the Swedish Football Association, is now responding to criticism from the Beijing midfielder.
– I understand Norrköping’s frustration, as it is a situation that could have been decisive in the match. But to express yourself like this, I think there is a lack of respect, he tells Aftonbladet and continues:
– These are opinions of clowns. We could say a lot about the level of the players, but we never would. I don’t think the referees are worse than the Allsvenskan players.
Johannesson concludes:
– It should be a punishment. It is not more difficult than that. So I understand the frustration, but there must be some form of mutual respect.
