José Alonso blasts ref after Colón loss: “Totally unfair, wrong” | OneFootball

After Colón’s 2-0 defeat to Godoy Cruz, president José Alonso expressed his deep displeasure with the refereeing and said that the decisions made during the match affected how the game unfolded. The club’s top official said the team was putting in one of its best first halves in recent matches and believed that one of the refereeing decisions could have changed the course of the game.

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“We don’t want to do this just because we’re angry about losing the match, but we were held back here. The decisions were completely unfair, and not only unfair, but they affected the match,” Alonso said. In that regard, he stressed that Colón was showing a different image on the field: “It may have been one of the best first halves in recent matches. If Colón had scored that legitimate goal, the match would have been different.”

The president also confirmed that he took his complaint to the referees’ locker room once the match had ended. “I was just in the locker room, I spoke with them. I told them everything I think, always respectfully, because we are neither rude nor vulgar in the way we act. We can’t insult anyone either, but we told them—it was obvious,” he explained.

Alonso avoided using the word “robbery” to describe what happened and chose instead to speak of a “completely unfair and mistaken” performance. He also said this was not an isolated situation and called for the club to press its complaints more firmly before the appropriate authorities.

“We have to open our eyes and go where we need to go, push very hard all the way to the end, even if it’s costly, even if the wear and tear for someone in my position as a director is costly. This is already unacceptable. In fact, what has been happening to Colón in this tournament is even worse, because it’s not just now: it has happened in other matches too,” he said.

Lastly, the club president highlighted the attitude shown by the team despite the result and said Colón left Mendoza with a defeat that did not reflect what happened for much of the match. “Today Colón played with more class, with more courage. We saw a different Colón in the first half than in other matches. I think Colón leaves today with an unfair defeat,” he said.

Alonso also questioned the number of cards shown to players from the Santa Fe side and felt that aspect ended up affecting both the team and the club. The president’s complaint thus adds to the strong discontent that has taken hold at Colón after another defeat in the tournament.

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