The Biancocelesti boss laments referees poor decisions and believes that his team should remain focused for full 90 minutes on the pitch
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lazio-c39775 manager Edy Reja has blasted referee Nicola Rizzoli for his double standards in Biancazzurri’ recent game against Inter Milan.
The capital club lost 2-1 to Nerazzurri in their latest Serie A game at San Siro over the weekend. Tommaso Rocchi’s 30th minute strike put the Biancocelesti in-front before http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Giampaolo-Pazzini-c14802 downed them.
Reja believes that his side was clearly better in the match and they could have gone onto win if it was not for the referee’s decisions. The veteran tactician believes that Dias’ booking was extremely harsh as it was an accidental clash. He insisted that
these kinds of decisions tend to change the outcome of the match and Lazio suffered from it this time.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hernanes-c16150 but the referee did not produce a yellow-card where it looked like a definite red.
While talking to the reporters, Reja said,
“There are many stories to be discussed. The booking for Dias was for something nobody saw. There was an unintentional clash, I know he is not the type of player who sets out to do these sort of things, and the booking affected the whole game.”
“There were then three obvious fouls on Hernanes including one by [Walter] Samuel with his feet together and yet a yellow card is not produced. There were double standards, two different punishments. There is no use complaining, against some teams we are
not protected. We must be stronger than some of the errors and the bad luck.”
Apart from the refereeing errors, Reja believes that his team should improve certain aspects of their game while playing against the top sides. The 66-year-old has urged his men to remain focused on the game for full 90 minutes.
Lazio squander their fourth place to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 after the defeat, and move down to the fifth spot. The Biancocelesti will face A.C Milan in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia in their next game.
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