After a heavy 6-0 defeat against Anderlecht, marked by two expulsions, the frustration was palpable among the Ghent players. Matisse Samoise, in particular, did not hide his dissatisfaction with the arbitration.
Matisse Samoise was sent off in the final minutes after an incident with Theo Leoni near the Anderlecht bench. “I looked at the footage and I don’t see a clear shot anywhere,” Samoise said of the phase that led to his red card.
“Maybe you can call a foul, but that absolutely does not justify VAR intervention. I already knew what was coming when the referee was called on the screen. It just seems unfair.”
According to Samoise, the damage had already been done earlier in the match. “The first red card was completely unjustified, and they should also have received a sending-off. When their goalkeeper felled Max Dean, no sanction was given. If you add it up, we were wronged three times. We were the feeling of having been robbed.”
The performance of referee Lothar D’hondt particularly annoyed the Buffalos. “After the break, we explained to him that the red card given to Torunarigha was unfair because it was an intervention on the ball. But he cynically ignored us. This kind of attitude is unnecessary and frustrating.” , continued Samoise.
Despite this bitterness, La Gantoise now prefers to turn the page and focus on the future. “I do not want to linger on my anger, at the risk of exposing myself to a more severe sanction,” concluded Samoise. “We need to put this game behind us and focus on Thursday’s game as quickly as possible.”
