Rio de Janeiro: Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal blames the referee Argentine for the Copa America elimination in Brazil on Friday, called him “a” clown “who thought he was a star show.” Chile lost 1-0 to Brazil, who played almost the entire second half with 10 men, after Gabriel Jesus was excluded from the terrible Kung-Fu style challenge at Eugenio Mena.
Brazil is the goal at that time and even though Chile poured forward looking for their equalizer coming against a good goalkeeper and the cleverly clever house that knew how and when to run all the time.
“We are very sad, we get more,” Vidal said.
“In this game, you need a referee wearing trousers, which is fair and who doesn’t want to be a clown match.” We only lacked the goal.
If there is a referee that won’t play you play, it stops the game all the time, and he thinks he is a star show, then it’s very difficult.
“But we were beaten by favorites, the playing team at home,” added Vidal.
“At least we will go with our high heads.” Vidal’s comments came apart from 13 violations made by Brazil, only one more than his own team.
The referee issued four yellow cards.
Brazilian striker Neymar, once again a prominent player for the powerful champion, forgiving Jesus for a mild violation he said was a worse assessment than malevolence.
“Jesus is only bad luck,” he said.
“He watched the ball, not in the man, and unfortunately, he was expelled.” Neymar instead praised the Brazilian road overcoming pressure, they were not used to facing.
“Every day we have had a test to make us stronger, to prove that we can play with all kinds of circumstances,” he said.
“Chile is a good team, they have great players and are very difficult with a less man.
Everyone has the right to get praise, defense, midfield, forward.” We managed to hold back something that rarely happened to this team.
“It’s a big test for us.
We know we will face a very difficult match but the important thing is we win and be in the semi-finals.” Brazil will now face Peru, which defeats Paraguay in other Friday quarter-finals.