A fiery coach made headlines over the weekend after a bold protest on the sidelines. During a crucial match, the referee made a controversial call, disallowing a goal due to offside. The coach, known for his passion and intensity, reacted by placing a laptop in front of the TV cameras, displaying a still image of the play in question.
The coach’s actions were met with a yellow card from the referee, but he remained unapologetic. “For us, it was a good goal,” he said in the post-game press conference. “I didn’t say a single word. I didn’t put any kind of pressure, I just put the laptop in there… I just reacted calmly.”
The coach explained that his analyst had provided him with a different angle of the play, which showed the left-back in a position that wasn’t considered by the VAR. He emphasized the importance of using technology to aid the referee, rather than hinder the game.
Despite the controversy, the coach’s team emerged victorious, thanks to an own goal by the opposing team. The win kept them in second place, just three points behind the league leaders. However, the coach expressed concerns about the upcoming international break, which he believes will hinder his team’s title chances.
“In the international break, we do nothing because we don’t have players,” he said. “We can just keep six or seven players, the ones that are not selected to go or others that no longer play in their national teams. International break for us is never positive, I would say in fact that it is negative.”
The coach also took the opportunity to discuss his team’s playing style, emphasizing the importance of simplicity and quick decision-making. “We have lots of things to work on, one of the things is players have to understand my concept, simplicity is genius,” he said. “We have too many players that don’t understand that, the best players they play one touch, two-touch football. It’s simple, a cross and a goal, it doesn’t need 20 touches… football is simplicity.”
Finally, the coach addressed the pressure he’s faced since joining the team, attributing it to his own high standards rather than external factors. “The pressure I feel is the pressure I put on myself,” he said. “It’s not the pressure that anyone puts on me. I have around 1200 official matches, it’s too long to feel pressure from anybody, not journalists, not supporters, not opponents. I always want to do the things right, I always want to win, which is not possible. So the pressure is the pressure that I put in myself.”
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