He Barça coach, Carlos Ortega, regretted the arbitration criteria after the defeat of the Barca team in the semifinal of the Champions League by A tight 30-31 against Magdeburg German, ensuring that the judges did not exercise “The same rigor in contacts on one side and the other.”
“What has made the most important is the issue of contacts. For me there was a big difference. The referees have a lot of experience and know how to take the game normally matched until the end, “said Malaga coach from the mixed area of Lanxess Arena in Colonia (Germany).
In this sense, the Barca coach focused on the fact that the German team “I always had two or three attack opportunities,” which, in his opinion, “complicated” A match that was decided on the horn with a bit of the German end Tim Hornke.
Ortega also explained that direct expulsion del lateral Thiagus In the first part and the Physical problems of Captain Dika Mem“They conditioned a lot” The approach of the meeting.
With 30 draw on the scoreboard, Barça had one last possession to, at least, reach extension If they were later marked. In this regard, the Barca coach admitted that the action was not executed as planned. “The indication was to endure to the liability, look for a one and end a screen for running the maximum time. We have failed three shots and in the last play we exhaust the passes too soon, “he lamented.
Despite the pain for elimination, Ortega was “proud” of the attitude of his players: “I am screwed, but very proud. This team cannot be reproached for anything, the skin has been left.”
Already with the mind put in the duel for third place before the Nantes French, the technician insisted on the need to “get up” encouragement to close the tournament with a victory.
“The team is touched and tired, but you have to leave and compete. It will be an emotional game because many people leave, and we would have liked to reach the final also for them, “he concluded.
