Olimpija coach Joao Henriques doesn’t blame the referees for the defeat, but he wasn’t happy with them: ‘We didn’t deserve what happened’
Olympia
had itself to blame for the defeat in the first leg of the Europa League qualifying round. João Henriques is well aware of this, but after his reckoning with the
Qarabag
nevertheless also spoke about the referees. The Portuguese is not satisfied with the way Georgi Kabakov from Bulgaria did his job, the Olimpija coach accuses him of having different criteria for the two teams.
“I don’t want to talk about the referees, but we did not deserve what happened today. We fought just like Qarabag, but we were the ones receiving the yellow cards. We accept that our rival is a bigger name in Europe, but our players deserve respect too. That’s not fair to us. Agustin Doffo and Timi Max Elšnik are shown yellow cards after the first foul. David Sualehe also received a card, while Qarabag’s Julio Romao committed ten fouls but the referee refused to show him a second card. I accept that the referee had a bad night, but we deserve respect,” said Joao Henriques after the game in Stožice, where there were around 7000 spectators last night.
Joao Henriques: ‘Olimpija hasn’t said the last word’
“I won’t say that referees usually protect the bigger teams, but it’s easier to make a mistake against Olimpija than against Galatasaray, for example. Let’s be clear, we didn’t lose because of the referees, but because of our own mistakes,” remarked the Portuguese, who is convinced that the dragons are not yet completely crossed out: “It has been a good experience for all of us, but we have not yet said the last word. We only lost the first half. We know that Qarabag is strong and confident after a win, but we are going to Azerbaijan to win. This is our mentality, but before that we have a very important home game against Celje.”
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