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Ronald Koeman suffered his first defeat on Saturday evening as head coach of Barcelona. The Spanish top club could not prevent Getafe from stepping off the field with a 1-0 victory and so the Catalans remain on seven points after four duels. Afterwards, Koeman complained to his colleague José Bordalas about some alleged remarks by Allan Nyom, the Dutchman later also indicated at the press conference. “I cannot accept that.”
“What did I say to Bordalás? That I found it a lack of respect how Nyom, who number twelve, spoke to me ”, the Dutchman was quoted as saying. “He has said very ugly things to me. What? I’m not going to repeat that, but he did it two or three times. I have informed Bordalás to talk to his player. It is not necessary for anything and it does not belong in football. ”
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Nyom regularly had to contend with the players of Barcelona, but surprisingly, not one of his eleven (!) Fouls led to a yellow card. Even an elbow strike to Lionel Messi’s face was not punished. In fact: Sergi Roberto got a yellow card when he protested about the absence of a print. A headbutt from Erick Cabaco towards Pedri also went unpunished. Twenty-to-ten fouls ultimately resulted in four yellow cards for Getafe and three for Barcelona.
Koeman actually didn’t want to say much about the arbitration. “I don’t like to talk about the referee”, the coach stressed. “I think if you look at the game, at the fouls, at the cards, everyone can form an opinion. But I don’t want that. It is difficult enough for the referees. We tried to play at a fast pace, but Getafe did not allow that and we also created few opportunities to score. ”
Logically, Koeman was also asked what he thought of the Getafe game. “That does not matter. We lost and that’s the most important thing. There is a referee, there are two assistant referees, there is a fourth arbitrator and there is a VAR. At least I don’t know if there was a VAR tonight. But the most important thing is and remains that you look at yourself and see what is going well and what is going wrong ”, emphasized the Dutchman, who now has to prepare duels with Ferencvaros and Real Madrid.