The match completely turned around in a few minutes at the Stade des Eperons d’Or. Joao Silva caused the fatal free kick in quick succession, then took his second yellow card; Yves Vanderhaeghe was unhappy with these refereeing decisions.
Joao Silva threw his team’s previously solid organization out the window, with a full-axis free kick that Thorgan Hazard converted… then a second yellow card in the process. A logical expulsion in our opinion because the Portuguese’s foot was too high.
Yves Vanderhaeghehe was furious: “I am not convinced that there should be a red card in this phase. The match was spoiled by this decision,” said the KV Kortrijk coach after the match.
“Silva just tries to defend, and doesn’t touch Vazquez in the head, he touches the ball,” insists Vanderhaeghe, who had already had to tinker and field a central midfielder in central defense this Sunday against Anderlecht.
-“I can accept the first yellow card. But this second? The referee doesn’t feel the match in this phase. Yes, in theory, it’s yellow, but was it necessary to show it?”, asks the Kortrijk coach. The answer is clear: yes. But for Vanderhaeghe, “in theory”, the aim of the RSCA is not valid.
“If we apply the rules to the letter, then Anderlecht’s goal should have been canceled. Because according to the rules, no one can stand one meter from the wall. And some players were almost in our wall,” concludes Yves Vanderhaeghe with discontent. We understood: the KVK was frustrated after this defeat…
