Slovakia coach: “I didn’t like the refereeing – The English made delays, they were afraid of us”

Her coach blamed different criteria and delays SlovakiaFrancesco Calzona, the arbitration and the… England respectively after the elimination of his team in extra time with 2-1 in the round of 16 of Euro 2024.

“My players fought hard and did everything I asked of them to the letter. In the second half we gave England more space, but that was to be expected from a team of this level. We had the chances, especially in the first half, to finish the game off, but then with the spaces we gave between the lines we gave Bellingham the chance to equalize“, emphasized the Italian coach and added:

“In overtime, after the quick goal we conceded, we shut them down and they made delays. England seemed to fear us and I think we deserved to qualify. The one minute of extra time with so many delays was not enough. I didn’t like the refereeing at all, but that certainly wasn’t why we lost. Anyway, I’m proud of my team, we played good football, we put in a great performance and I think all Slovaks can feel full of our effort in this Euro».