The Spanish Olympic team coach did not like hesitate in voicing his displeasure at the match officials, who failed to point towards the spot as Adrian went down in the penalty area.
Spain’s London 2012 Olympic adventures came to an abrupt an as they faced their second defeat. Luis Milla’s charges were undone by Asian giants Japan in their opening match, and had a similar fate waiting for them as they took on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Honduras-c2918 at the Saint James’ Park.
Despite back to back defeats that prove the Spanish team were unprepared for the task ahead of them, Luis Milla continues to defend his team.
The 46-year-old credited his team’s woeful performance at the Hampden Park against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Japan-c2928 and was back to defend them after their defeat against the South American rivals.
While it was the Nipponese outfit’s superior performance in the opening match, Milla hit out against the match officials as the deciding factor in their Olympic defeat. The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 U-23 coach claimed that crunch decisions went against them that accounted for their second successive defeat.
Milla especially did not like the way match official looked the other way when Atletico Madrid star, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adrián-c3701, went to the ground while under pressure from Arnold Peralta.
The Spaniard used the same logic for the excuse of their indiscipline on the football ground that saw as many as 7 players receiving bookings for their behaviour.
"The referee did not want to talk about it," Milla said while in conversation with press reporters after the game. "But I had the feeling that there was a penalty."
“It was an intense match and there were disputes between the players and that can happen," Milla remarked. "When you are playing at such intensity yellow cards can happen.
"As you can imagine everybody is down and disappointed. We played well and we put on a good show. The only thing missing was the goal and we deserved to win, but now we have to analyse what happened.”
The pre-tournament favourites have yet to accumulate a single point so far and will play their final group match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Morocco-c2961.
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