Jorge Jesus on Santa Clara v Sporting chant: One of these days... | OneFootball

Jorge Jesus was 'caught' at the exit of Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon, as he was preparing to return to Saudi Arabia. In statements to NOW, the Al Nassr coach spoke about various topics, touching on the recent refereeing cases in Portugal, with the Santa Clara - Sporting match.

"We, Portuguese coaches, who trained in Portugal, which is my case, are always suspicious of refereeing. There is an education where we think that mistakes are premeditated, but they are not. Today I see things completely differently because I am outside the country. In Saudi Arabia, we cannot talk about refereeing," he began by saying.

"Everyone wants to argue their points of view and we all know it's not the best for Portuguese football. It will be like this for a few more years, now we must try together, the APAF came to speak in defense of the class, I think it was important to clarify some points. It's difficult to be a referee, to be VAR. I have already had that experience, when I was in Turkey they invited me to have such an experience. Even in VAR, it's difficult. You have some doubts at certain moments, but it was a tool that came to help Portuguese football," he added.

Finally, Jorge Jesus maintained the narrative, downplaying the corner that led to Sporting's goal in the last match: "I just hope that Portuguese football grows more and more and that the three realize that one day they will be the most harmed, another day it will be others. Clinging to a penalty, an offside, fine. But now, a corner? Whether it's a corner or not? That's not it."

"You have time, your team can position itself. Any day we will be discussing a throw-in, whether the shirt was grabbed or not. In decisive moments, like penalties, offsides, that's fine. But you can't cling to everything to justify results," he concluded.

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