Cruzeiro also hit out at refereeing v Boca: boss questioned time in play | OneFootball

Boca lost 1-0 to Cruzeiro at the Mineirão, ending a 14-match unbeaten run, and finished second in Copa Libertadores Group D, level on points with the Brazilian side. Beyond the win, their coach, Artur Jorge, took aim at the referee: “I don’t like the match having so little actual playing time.”

“It’s about the flow of the game. It was a match full of constant stoppages and confrontations. I think that, more than whatever may happen in the 90 minutes, is what we see in the end,” continued the coach, who shared Boca’s stance.

“I think that’s what VAR is for, and CONMEBOL is there to act, so let’s wait and see what happens. I’m not going to talk about the refereeing, I’ll only say that I want a more fluid and dynamic game,” he concluded. He also criticized the more than four minutes the match was stopped because of the play that led to Adam Bareiro’s sending-off.

“I think that, considering their individual profiles, both teams could have produced a much more dynamic match today, because they are two good teams that came into a game expected to generate great intensity and a great spectacle,” he reflected on the level shown by both sides.

On the victory, he said that “it is important and very fair considering how the match unfolded.” And he added: “They were two halves with different contexts, but similar patterns. In the first half there was greater control of the game, with both teams very switched on. But we ended up having the upper hand.”

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