The former international referee, Sotiris Borgiaswas hosted on “Open Trial” and spoke about him Matias Almeidawho escaped after the end of the PAOK-AEK derby at the Toumba stadium, but also how the refereeing will change.
Among other things he said:
“One of the 2-3 pitches we had a problem with was Toumba. What business do 300-400 people have inside the stadium and without accreditations? At some point this all has to stop. Almeida, who should be a role model for his players and the fans, surprised me with what he did after the derby ended. Something must have happened for him to become enraged, but he has not accustomed us to such images in the past».
For the phase of AEK’s second goal that PAOK shouts:
“There is no foul by Koulierakis on Ponce. Koulierakis makes a forward tackle to get the ball and doesn’t find the opponent at all. It just blocks the space. I would continue the game and not give a foul. The referee’s mistake is that nothing was written on the match sheet for what happened at the end of the Toumba derby. It will show on the call whether it is from the match sheet or what the cameras showed».
On refereeing mistakes and how it will change:
“Why didn’t you ask Mr. Konstantinos to analyze this phenomenon for us. At one stage he is right. Factors are searched for the definition and then searched for why they weren’t helped and their team didn’t win. Instead of making a team and a club that will be the envy of him, they deal with the background. And we are to blame for what is happening with the arbitration.
Arbitrage sold out in a general assembly held in Piraeus during the Petralia era that gave them to the agents. Refereeing needs to go back to the links and become independent for things to change. The referees need to be trained, this has been going on for over 2-3 years. Mandalos cannot do that and comes today to appoint the referees.
Did the Swede come? I was told he got a tire and stayed in Halkidiki. He was a good referee, however, he found the opportunity to make a grab and then he will leave. The gentleman didn’t offer anything. He didn’t even bring a single elite referee from his country. If the German didn’t come to PAOK-AEK, the derby would never end. You can know VAR better.
If he stays, he must bring someone to train the Greek referees in VAR who are untrained. The agents chose the Swede to do their own work. And we are talking about the best Championship except for one team that plays some friendly games and beats the others. If I listened to them, I’d still be at the instruments. I did what I wanted.
I have experienced them, they can fool me who ran and begged me. When I went I found a list that they distributed to the agents and they knew which referee would whistle for them in the games. Will Mandalos fix the referee? You know that for 15 days now he has been calling the referees and asking for phone numbers and VAT numbers. Last year we accepted Mr. Baltakou’s word that in 20 days he will hold an extraordinary meeting to write to us and we withdrew the security measures. Now, we won’t. EPO is discounted».
Source: Sport Fm
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