Hassan, Egypt coach, denounces “pressure from Argentina on the referee” to come back

Egypt coach Hossam Hassan, has denounced «pressure from Argentina to the referee» during the round of 16 match in which the albiceleste came back from 0-2 down and which was full of controversy. The coach has indicated that the defeat is “unfair” and that his rivals committed several fouls “I respect” towards his players, in addition to regretting that “fair play” was not seen. All this leads him to talk about a «influence of external factors on the result», which ended up being favorable to the current champion.

The players of Egypt They even talked about a “rigged” of the match by the Argentines, by managing to overcome the clash. In fact, Zico, scorer of two goals, although one was disallowed, wanted to congratulate Scaloni’s team for “win the World Cup”, considering that the championship is ready for them to take it.

For his part, Hassan made an assessment and, although he did not make such inflammatory statements, he did acknowledge that strange things happened with the refereeing: «We were superior to the world champions in many aspects, but there was influence of external factors on the result. “There was pressure from Argentina on the referee.”

The technician regretted that it was not seen “respect and fair play” and that the penalty awarded in favor of Argentina was declared “after an action that could also have been a penalty in favor of Egypt and that was not reviewed by the VAR.” «We played well, but we suffered, and I must say that, despite the defeat, we left our colors high. The world is unfair, life is unfair, but why are there injustices in sport? I am not convinced by everything that happened in this match, we suffered an injustice,” remarked the coach of the Pharaohs.

«I am proud of being African, of being Arab and of my players, but we did not achieve what we deserved. l“I am saying my opinion: I am not going to continue watching the matches of this World Cup,” Hossam Hassan declared before the media.