Lyon v PSG: Maciel's ridiculous victim mentality as he slams the refereeing | OneFootball

Olympique Lyonnais and Paris Saint-Germain faced off this Sunday evening in the highlight match of the 12th day of Ligue 1. Despite Luis Enrique's team being heavily reshuffled due to injuries, they secured a win at the very end of the match with a score of 2-3, thanks to a goal in the final moments of added time. Jorge Maciel, the assistant coach of the Gones, expressed his thoughts, or rather lamented extensively about the refereeing after the match. Comments were gathered by the Ligue1 + channel.

Maciel: "maybe the referees are as tired as we players are..."

What can you say about the refereeing?

If we talk about refereeing every week, it's going to be difficult. It's up to us to do the work with our team, and we are very proud of what we've done. There are 59,000 people in the stadium, and only 4 didn't see the fouls. There's not even a need to watch the replays. When it happens one way, we don't understand, because we don't even have the chance to discuss it due to arrogance. We get a second card, but how many fouls did PSG commit without getting a card?

I think we were up against the best team in Europe, and they don't need to play with 16 players. We played a good match; we played on Thursday, and we are proud. The stadium can be proud of the show; we didn't dominate, but we controlled well. Already the first goal was a foul on Rachid, the second goal is a scandal, then there's the ball hitting the post, there's the handball, but the most serious thing is maybe the referees are as tired as we players are. But the most important thing is that we have a real reflection on which rules we play with.

"With the help of the referees, it helps them to be even more aggressive"

Were you surprised by PSG clearing the ball from the 6-yard box?

No, they understood what we wanted to do, individual marking on them like against Bayern. Then I think we managed the long clearances well; we were good on the second balls. I think in terms of pressing, we were very stable. We wanted to be compact and ambitious. They cleared the ball but didn't have much success, and we knew that with the profile of the players, we could control the aerial duels.

It's the evolution of football, and maybe it's because we have less time to prepare matches and have to find quick solutions. It's not a surprise; it's linked to the aggressiveness we put in. We had prepared all this, and the two goals are the perfect illustration of what we had worked on. PSG is very strong, and with the help of the referees, it helps them to be even more aggressive.

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