In a match that seemed doomed at halftime, when the Bétis already lost 1-4 against Barcelona, the referee Hernández Maeso would end up becoming the protagonist. The decisions of the Brussels-born referee ended up arousing great anger within the green and white team, despite … that I would finally emphasize the first penalty in favor of Betis in La Liga in this season.
“During the pre-season they explained one thing to us, that if the ball came from your body, it wasn’t your hands, and today it was different. I don’t know what criteria they use. If I say anything else, I haven’t played in four games. If you whistled that, you might be right and that’s it. I tried to talk to the fourth official and the lineman, and no one explained anything to me. Hopefully they resolve it. If there is another game and they don’t screw it up it will be strange“, he explained Aitor Ruibalthe captain of Betic who even received a yellow card for protesting. “Often we ask for explanations, but in most cases they don’t give them because you can’t even talk to them. “I asked for an explanation with the bracelet and he told me they are not shapes.”
Aitor’s anger also extended to the rest of the Betis players or to the fans themselves, who dismissed Hernández Maeso with a loud rant. “This ball hits Bartra in the body rather than the arm. I don’t intend to ask them (the referees). They know what they’re doing. Nobody complained. They invented a prison to increase revenue even more. We were 1-4 at the time. “I’m not using this to justify defeat,” he said. Manuel Pellegrini about this controversial piece.
“Let’s not blame VAR for the decisions made by the referee; For that, you have to have personality.”
Manuel Pellegrini
Betis coach
“I am a person who supports VAR because it has helped football a lot to avoid committing injustices. This helps the referee, but the referee is the referee, not the VAR. Let’s not blame VAR for decisions made by the referee. For that you have to have personality, it doesn’t go beyond that. Seeing the Copa del Rey is absolutely necessary for football,” added the Chilean coach in the press room, although, still from the VOR room, a decision contrary to the interests of the Betic was made, which was then ratified by the main referee.
Already in extra time, and after Diego Llorente made the score 2-5, Hernández Maeso would end up awarding a penalty in favor of Betis, after a clear overthrow of Koundé, who received a yellow card, on Abde. This is the first maximum penalty in favor of the green and white team this season in La Liga and in Cucho Hernández would be responsible for converting it to score his sixth league goal. Only Getafe and Betis remained without penalties in their favor in the league, meaning the Green and Whites are excluded from this statistic, although this time it only served to obscure the final result.
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