A week ago, theOlympique de Marseille triggered a strong controversy after the blow of blood from Pablo Longoria to Auxerre (0-3). A anger shared by Fabrizio Ravanelli and Roberto de Zerbi. Renowned for his outspokenness, the Italian technician has very strong convictions.
De Zerbi even shares his offensive precepts with other coaches, such as Luis Enrique, but the two men are not in tune on arbitration. Asked about this subject, the former coach of Spain made a very clear speech, assuming never to speak of arbitral decisions.
Luis Enrique defends the referees
“Listen, I'm never talking about referees, whether in France, Spain or in other countries I have trained,” launched Luis Enrique. For what ? You know, if I say what I feel, sometimes it would be so difficult. I don't want to get into it. I say the same thing to my own players in relation to the referee. They know that they cannot protest or that they should not protest. And it's always very complicated to be a referee ”.
And Luis Enrique to develop his thought: ” No one is satisfied with the referees. If it is in our favor or against it, there is always someone who is not satisfied. I learned that you should not give an opinion on this subject and teach my players that they must respect the referee and the whole situation that will occur on a match, whether favorable or not. Often, we think it's always against us. It avoids me a lot of suffering not to protest against the referees. But my players protest against me in training. That's said.
