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„Atalanta“ on Wednesday in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals could not resist against Madrid's „Real“ and suffered a minimal loss with a score of 0:1. The course of the match was fundamentally changed by the decision of the referee in the 17th minute to remove „Atalanta“ defender Remo Freuler for the last man foul. Red card to Freuler from Atalanta at minute 17 that he plays against Real Madrid in the Champions League. pic.twitter.com/TWidMpIuY1
After the match, the decision was heavily criticized by the coach of the Italian club Gian Piero Gasperini. „I don't know what the result would have been playing with equal conditions, but the match completely changed its course after the episode, which was looked at too strictly. I recently received a punishment from Serie A for criticizing referees, if I say something else, UEFA will suspend me for at least a month. But such decisions kill football. We cannot have referees who have not played football and can't properly assess such situations. We should do everything we can to make people who have played football become referees“, said G. P. Gasperini.
