Ancelotti explodes against the arbitration: “Asensio has not touched the ball with his hand, they have invented it”
“I don’t really like to talk about this but today I’m talking”, warned Ancelotti in his first response to his appearance, changing his usual profile when asked about the referee’s performance. “The first situation is quite clear, it’s not a penalty because he doesn’t touch the ball with his hand”
“I have spoken with Asensio and he touches the ball with his chest, it is true that his left hand was in a slightly strange position, but it covered the body, it did not make it bigger. There may be doubt if he touches it, but he just hasn’t touched the ball with his hand, they have invented it”, he criticized.
Ancelotti was more understanding in the annulled goal against the Brazilian Rodrygo Goeswhen the referee interprets the rule that having the goalkeeper’s hand rest on the ball is a foul for snatching the ball from him when shooting on goal.
“The second is more debatable because the goalkeeper doesn’t have total control of the ball with his hand, but he can whistle, I’m not going to discuss it. What surprises me is the penaltyand that it has come at a key moment in the game because it was on track, It had been difficult for us to score without spectacular football but we had been 2-0 with Asensio and this situation leaves us with two points less in the table”, he lamented.
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