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Sousa: The Referee Pressured Us
Sousa: The Referee Pressured Us
Tuesday, 25th Aug 2009 22:36

Paulo Sousa says the referee pressurised them to put an injured player back onto the pitch in the Carling Cup defeat to Scunny

Sousa said after the game "There were very bad events that happened. Of course I don't appreciate it. I appreciate football completely different without the things. But I don't like to speak about this as we have ways to do this.

"However, we talk about how it is important to try and protect and players and when it doesn't happen and when it changes situations and when players are being provoked it is difficult.

"But of course they can't react like that, they have to keep focus and be alive to play our football. But it is not easy for the players who are doing the right thing when from the beginning they are being provoked.

"We have our opportunity to write to the FA about the referee's performance but at this moment we do not know what offences the players have committed.

"I never wanted the match abandoned but Idrizaj should not have gone back on the field but as we were then down to only six players the referee put pressure on us to get him back on."

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