Luc Holtz and the first penalty for Portugal: «We saw that the player was out of the box» – World Cup 2022
October 12, 2021 – 23:29
Luxembourg coach questions the VAR’s performance but says that this “does not take anything away from the performance” of the Quinas team
Luc Holtz lamented the poor start of the Luxembourg national team against a team that claims to be “world class”.
“It’s obviously a disappointment for us. After 10 minutes, it was 2-0. It’s difficult, because after 80 minutes and Portugal played well, they’re a very strong, world-class team. We helped them a lot. little, because especially in the first half we played ‘ball’, we didn’t look for depth, the ball was more at the feet than in space, which Portugal wanted. The result is perfectly logical”, he began by referring, after the rout against Portugal, and then comment on the bid that gives the first penalty to Quinas’ team. “We complained, because we saw that the player was out of the area. I wonder what the VAR is for. If we close our eyes and give the penalty, just because, that won’t take anything away from Portugal’s performance. But I wonder, Who controls all this? Maybe buy them some glasses, I don’t know. They told me I was in the area. It’s a human decision, I maintain what I said at the beginning about the VAR, they are human decisions and today it was just another one”, he stressed , before addressing the difference between the two sets.
“I’m convinced that, in football, accuracy and speed are the two most important things. Today we saw a very precise team that ran very fast with and without the ball, while we were dragging ourselves. There was a clear difference in that aspect.” , chosen.
by Lusa