The President of Maritimo this Saturday left a sharp criticism of the refereeing teams after the defeat to Vitoria de Guimarães, adding that “it seems that Portuguese football wants to have no teams from autonomous regions in the I league.”
“We understand that everyone has the right to make mistakes, but when mistakes start to follow one after another, and when Maritimo has a different evaluation criteria than other teams, it seems that Portuguese football wants no teams in the championship. from autonomous regions. And it convinces me more and more that this is one of the goals, ”Rui Fontes emphasized, admitting that“ fight to the end so that this does not happen.
According to the president of the Madeira emblem, “there is an invisible hand” that prevents the Red-Greens from defeating 15th-placed Estoril Praia with three more points.
“The goal is to push us together with Santa Clara. We ask you to respect Maritima. We ask that the referees and VAR have the same criteria for all clubs. There is clearly an intention here to hurt some teams and benefit others. , these others are always the same,” emphasized the sea leader at the conference after the 30th voyage meeting.
Rui Fontes also added that the protest came after a long period of silence, during which the club “has taken a position of little criticism about what is happening in football and about the course in the championship”, as they know. mistakes made and the reasons for the situation in which they find themselves.
“From a certain point, Maritimu began to grow. You can see the team playing well and losing games due to situations that make us question why they happen. Today [este sábado]we missed a lot of opportunities, there is no doubt about it, but facts happened here during the game that deserve to be reported,” he said.
Explaining that “Already in stoppage time, Genie Catamo was clearly pushed by defender Vitoria de Guimarães and there was no doubt about this move either by the referee or by VAR.”
The island president also recalled that at the end of the match, the players were “completely overwhelmed by refereeing and VAR errors”, stressing that “this is not done for those who are seriously working to ensure that their team, their club and their region remain in the First League “.
“We want the criteria used in making decisions for Maritimo to be the same as any other club at the national level and we don’t want them to push us into the second division because we are in the first division. for about 40 years, and we will do everything to continue,” he concluded.
Maritimo remains in 16th place, advancing to the maintenance play-offs, with 22 points after a 2-1 loss to Vitoria de Guimarães, with goals scored by Thiago Silva (37 minutes) from the penalty spot and Andre Silva (65 years old) ) for outsiders and Zhenya Katamo (87) for locals.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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