The Portuguese Luis Castro, Al-Nasr coach, criticized the performance of the refereeing team that officiated his team’s match yesterday against Al-Raed in the first match of the Roshen League competition.
Al-Nasr tied, at home, With Al-Raed with a goal for the same in the match that took place yesterday evening, Thursday, where Cristiano Ronaldo took the lead with a header in the 34th minute, and Mohamed Fawzir equalized for his team from a penalty kick in the 49th minute.
Castro said in his statements after the end of the match: “Al-Nasr controlled the match with 70% possession and we had 100 attacks and 13 corners.”
The Portuguese coach added: “The referee canceled a valid goal by Cristiano Ronaldo, and also a valid penalty kick that was not awarded despite the video assistant referee calling.”
Castro continued: “We were good in the Al-Taawoun match, and in the Super Final we were only good in the first half. This means that out of 4 games we were good in 3 games, and against Al-Raed we played.” “We did well in the two halves, but football is not fair.”
He continued: “We are working on psychological matters, and on technical performance well, and the language of numbers speaks about that, and matters are psychologically affected, and today The referee affected us. I saw something strange, which was that the VAR referee called the referee for a penalty kick, but he did not award it.”
He continued: “Ibrahim Al-Muhaidib’s resignation from the presidency of Al-Nasr? Anyone who gives us positive energy and leaves will affect the team.”