Ex-Benfica man sent off, Xabi Alonso slams Real referee: He cost us | OneFootball

Xabi Alonso did not hide his frustration at the end of the match. In a game where Álvaro Carreras, former defender of Benfica, was sent off, the Real Madrid coach targeted the referee, stating that his decisions ultimately led the Merengues to a scandalous defeat against the Galician side (2-0).

“We are all irritated. It was not the game or the result we wanted,” began the Blancos’ coach, regarding what happened on the pitch, before addressing other topics that, in his opinion, affected the players’ performance.

“From the start, Militão’s injury hurt us, it was hard to recover our spirits and we had to adjust some things,” confessed Xabi Alonso, speaking in the press room at the Santiago Bernabéu, before turning his attention to the match referee.

“The referee’s decisions made us nervous. The sending off [of Carreras], he was too lenient, I didn’t like his performance…,” said the Spanish coach, referring to the red card shown to the former Benfica player, who in recent days was praised by Marcelo, a Real Madrid legend.

“The card for Álvaro is very debatable, it was very exaggerated. I didn’t like it and it left us a bit unsettled. I didn’t like the refereeing,” Xabi Alonso concluded. With this defeat, Real Madrid fell even further behind in the race for the podium, now four points behind Barcelona.

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