Milan –
Center player Spanish Sergio Busquets annoyed after his team was defeated French 2-1. Busquets believes it was France’s winning goal Kylian Mbappe offside.
The negative result suffered by Spain in the final UEFA Nations League. Competing at the San Siro, Monday (11/10/2021) at dawn WIB, the two teams played equally strong without a goal until the end of the first half.
The deadlock broke after the match lasted an hour. The Red Fury surprised the host public after Mikel Oyarzabal opened the scoring after maximizing Busquets’ bait to change the score to 1-0.
Spain’s advantage was immediately canceled after Karim Benzema scored a French reply two minutes later. Mbappe determine victory Blues with his goal in the 80th minute.
Controversy accompanied France’s winning goal because Mbappe was considered to be standing in an offside position when he received Theo Hernandez’s pass. However, England referee Anthony Taylor still confirmed the goal on the grounds that Spanish defender Eric Garcia had touched the ball first, creating the second phase of the game.
“The referee told us that Eric Garcia wanted to play the ball and that eliminated offside,” the Barcelona midfielder said Metro. “But he wants to play the ball because the ball will reach Mbappe who is offside! That makes no sense!”
“The second goal looked offside, in my opinion. We defended very well. I think Mbappe was offside,” continued Busquets.
Eric Garcia also looked annoyed with the referee’s decision. “Mbappe off side. The referee told me I tried to play the ball. Then, what should I do? Step aside and let him pass? That seems to be the rule,” he blurted out.
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