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"Tired of the VAR": The Paris Saint-Germain penalty sparked outrage
Banja were angry at the whistle that led to Killian Ambape's 1-2 goal: "We've invested millions and don't even know how to use it."
Pochettino: "Can understand them"
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Saturday, 16 October 2021, 09:49 Updated: 10:00
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Paris Saint-Germain recorded their ninth win of 10 games in the French league last night (Friday), but many could argue that they did not deserve the three points.
In the absence of Lionel Messi and Neymar, the runners-up came back from a 2-1 home deficit over Angers, after Killian Ambape scored in the 87th minute with a goal in a penalty that came after a VAR intervention and a dubious whistle - and criticism of it was not long in coming.
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The humble guest led the game against Paris Saint-Germain for the first time since 1993 and for quite a few minutes showed better ability, but came out empty-handed after the screen referees drew the referee's attention to a touch by Pierre Kappel inside the extension, which hardly justified a whistle for Pendel. Anja player Roman Thomas expressed anger: "Tired of the VAR. We invested millions in it and we do not even know how to use it," Halin Thomas at the end of the game. "It's not a shame to lose here, but it could not have happened that way. Icardi committed an offense on me at the start of the game, I fell, and then he took advantage of it to get into a good position and squeeze a penalty. I told the referee and he told me the VAR checked it out. That's not true, it's a lie! "
Amazon Prime commentator Thierry Henry also had something to say: "I never understood why the judges did not come and explain themselves to us. We discuss it with each other but the judges can not explain."
Said thank you to VAR and won the game. Ambape celebrates (Photo: Reuters)
Bottom line, this is the third time this season that Paris Saint-Germain has won a game in which it was behind and it stands on a streak of eight home wins in all competitions, its longest since it was recorded between October 2019 and January 2020. The City of Lights team has won all 37 league games in which Ambape Scored for her, when the striker also cooked up the equalizer for Danilo Pereira, and in his three games for the team and national team since admitting he wanted to leave for Real Madrid in the summer, he both scored and cooked.
"I don't have to go out of my way again to compliment him. Killian has amazing qualities and is there whenever the team needs him," coach Mauricio Pochettino complimented at the post-victory press conference.
On the VAR storm he said: "I have not watched the course yet, I was shown pictures in a TV interview but I could not see if there was a hand or an offense. I can understand the anger of Angie and her coach, I was also on the other side of such situations."
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