The big anger of the Swedes towards the referee of the meeting
After the final whistle, Sweden’s players couldn’t hide their anger over referee Edina Alves Batista’s performance. They accuse him in particular of having granted the first goal to Salma Paralluelo, while Eva Navarro was in a passive offside position. But not only, which has the gift of annoying Amanda Ilestedt.
“I didn’t see the goal, I only heard that there was a Spanish offside. I really hope they made the right decision, because if there is a mistake, I going crazy, railed the Swedish defender in mixed zone. For every situation she whistled at us, I didn’t understand a thing. I don’t think she has a good level at all. That’s not why we lost the match but I think she has to be better.”
For her part, Johanna Kaneryd believes that the Brazilian referee “laughed in the face” of the Swedes. “She spoke the same language as them and it gave them a lot of advantages. I’m pissed, annoyed and angry and I have all kinds of emotions. I got no response other than her smile. J ‘stop talking because I’m going to talk nonsense’.
As a good captain, Kosovare Asllani used a more calm speech, but keeps the same thought as her teammates. “There are a lot of referees who haven’t been receptive, communication needs to be improved. I try to speak English with them, but I don’t get much in return. I think in a World Cup , there should be the best referees.”
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