Swansea City manager, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749.
The Spanish International was shown a straight red card for his high-boot challenge on the Black Cats striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Louis-Saha-c22459, in a Premier League game at the Liberty Stadium.
Consequently, he will miss out on the Swans next three matches due to suspension.
After seeing the nature of the challenge, Laudrup initially planned on filing an appeal to the FA to seek an overturn of the decision, but decided against it at the end.
Nonetheless, while talking to the reporters during an interview, the Dane insisted that the defender was unfortunate to pick up a red card for his stunt.
He felt that his attempted tackle merited a yellow card, but he probably would have gotten away with it with some other match official.
“I think if Chico made that challenge ten times, given the place where he was on the pitch, nine times he would get a yellow card with only one red,” he said.
“He knows that he went high with his leg, but I know he did not do it to hurt the opponent.”
The Premier League is renowned for its competitive nature, and the tendency of the referees to allow the game to flow. It is in sharp contrast to La Liga and other leagues, where the players are penalized more for their tackles.
Citing the difference in refereeing between England and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011, the 48-year old advised Chico to quickly accustom himself to the former, but mentioned that he was ‘surprised’ over the match official’s stringent action against his player.
“The referees always want the game to be fluid here, whereas sometimes in the south of Europe there are a lot of whistles and stoppages. It's a little strange for me (to see Flores's red card). I am a little bit surprised,” he added.
Chico has spent a good portion of his career playing in the Spanish and Italian leagues. He was signed by the Welsh club this summer for an estimated 2 million pounds transfer fee from Genoa, and has been heavily criticized by many for his over aggressive
challenges.
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