Switzerland’s coach, Murat Yakin, after being eliminated by Argentina in the World Cup quarterfinals (3-1).
“I’d like to congratulate my team on how we played in the quarterfinal against the world champions. After we tied the game, we had the momentum. I wanted to make substitutions and play offensively. But the red card threw my entire plan off track. It’s a rule that has nothing to do with soccer. We were punished for it today. I find it completely incomprehensible—that rule ruined our game. It hurts to be eliminated like this. As far as I’m concerned, there was no reason to give the Argentine player a yellow card. It was a harmless situation. There were situations earlier involving outstretched legs and elbows, and nothing happened then,” he emphasized.
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“You can imagine how Emboló feels. Blaming him would be completely absurd. He’s devastated. It hurts him, and it hurts us. It’s painful to be punished like this because of a referee’s mistake. We put the world champions on the defensive, but in the end, we were eliminated,” he added.
*photo source: AP
