Bystrov blames match official after Russia’s defeat against Portugal at World Cup – Football news
Russian national team and Zenit St. Petersburg winger, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vladimir-Bystrov-c36328, has lamented his side’s latest defeat in the World Cup qualifiers against Portugal national team at Estadio da Luz on Friday and blamed the match officials for not giving a clear cut
penalty.
Bystrov expressed his dissatisfaction over the refereeing decisions during the International fixture and pin pointed the episode when Real Madrid’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Coentrao handled the box inside the six-yard box.
“We did not have luck. We started the match well and tried to concentrate on our defence. We certainly have nothing to regret because we gave our all and fought until the final whistle of the match. However, it would have been great should the referee had
signalled a penalty. There is no doubt about that the opposing player interrupted a pass in the key area with his hand. What else you need to award a penalty? I think we should have claimed a point. To remain unbeaten is tempting but more important is to win
a ticket to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858,” the former Spartak Moscow man was quoted as saying.
The 29-year-old, who started the group stage qualifying match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-c9622 Ronaldo’s team at Lisbon, said that the match officials should have given them a deserved penalty after spotting a clear hand ball by the Portuguese defender.
Bystrov assured the fans of bouncing back after their first defeat under newly appointed Fabio Capello, who took the managerial charge after replacing d**k Advocaat at the helm back in November last year.
Capello kick started his managerial reign on a high and there is little arguing to the statement that nobody had expected such a dream start by the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 boss following Russia’s back-to-back wins at the World Cup.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984, Israel and Azerbaijan respectively.
Russia slipped to the second spot on their respective group table after the defeat and will now play the upcoming qualifier against Northern Ireland in August. Bystrov assured the fans of a neat performance.
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