João Brandão fuming at David Silva: “Being young changes nothing” | OneFootball

FC Porto B was defeated 2-1 in Portimão, on matchday 27 of the II Liga, with João Brandão, the Dragons' coach, criticizing the work of the refereeing team led by David Silva.

“In the last ten minutes, the game became very physical, with the referee allowing some situations like the one that started the play which ended up resulting in their second goal, a move in which our player was pulled. Just because we are young doesn't mean the rules are different. I had the opportunity to tell David that at the end of the game. They are young players—we finished the game with four under-18 players—but that doesn't change the laws of the game, and fouls in our favor also need to be called, regardless of our physical ability,” he stated.

“These are the growing pains our young players have to go through: the ability to play under pressure, to play with their bodies, to win fouls. We had an example in the last game, where we didn't get a penalty because the player didn't fall, and we ended up making the same mistake here. I think it's a very unfair result for what we produced and for what we were as a team; we didn't allow Portimonense much except for the situations I've already mentioned,” he concluded.

FC Porto B's team currently occupies sixth place in the II Liga, with 38 points.

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