He called for Argentina to be fined and demanded a penalty

Posted On: June 21, 2024

Canadian national team coach Jesse Marsch said he was happy with his team's performance, despite the 2-0 loss to Argentina, and said the team was condemned for stupid mistakes.

“We had a good performance, we created chances, but we also made stupid mistakes in defense,” said Marsch, who assured that in general his team was even better than what he expected. 'waited, “but they made mistakes that I didn't make. wait.”

Furthermore, he once again praised Lionel Messi. “I think we had a good game plan and we executed a lot of things well, but “he’s so good he just keeps making good plays.” I think the two balls he scored in the two goals are world class,” he added.

“We played without fear,” he continued. “We've talked about it a lot, but it's one thing to say you're going to play with courage and without fear. That comes from trusting the system and trusting the connection, the tactical connection that's created. And they feel it.” , added Marsch, who complained about the different criteria applied by Venezuelan referee Jesús Valenzuela, who, according to him, did not have the same criteria for reporting fouls.

In addition, he protested the game in which all of Canada demanded a penalty for a possible infraction by Lisandro Martínez on Jacob Shaffelburg. It was in the 70th minute that the Canadian faced Licha on the right, who crossed him with his right leg just at the edge of the area. Jesús Valenzuela hesitated and did not charge anything, but VAR then checked a possible penalty which was rejected as it was a foul outside the area.

“It must be said that it was a mistake. Later we can define whether it was inside or outside the box, but it was 100% a foul. The reason why the referee did not call the penalty was because he feared it was a penalty,” the coach said.

Marsch complained at a press conference about the time the Argentina national team spent in its locker room at halftime: “Argentina should be fined,” he said.