sad! Fulham coach: There are two incomprehensible punishments in 8 days, which is really unbearable

Sports 12:32pm, 31 August 2025 185

In the third round of the Premier League, Fulham lost to Chelsea 0-2 away. There were many controversial punishments in this game, which made Fulham coach Marco Silva feel very angry in an interview after the game.

Talking about the mood of the moment

"For a person who loves football, as a head coach, former player, and a fan who can watch it purely."

Talking about specific sadness

"It's obvious that the derby is a special game for everyone, one of the best games in the world, with millions of people watching on TV. I saw my team performing very well in the first half, we played real football, without bluffing or busts. We know the difference between the two teams off the court, in terms of financial strength and size, they belong to another level. But on the court, we know The players performed very well, so everyone was disappointed. After last week's game against Manchester United, all the controversy, the decisions made by VAR were hard to understand. Sometimes they were leaning towards one side, sometimes they were leaning towards the other side. In the same situation as our opponents, their decisions were different. We have been learning here to let the players understand these things, but it is almost impossible for me to believe that it would be fair if there is a clear standard. "

" All the decisions of the referee and VAR have had a huge impact on the game, and the team did not meet my expectations in the second half. I told the players that we couldn't control what they were doing. There were penalties that were against us, but that goal was cancelled was incredible, which was incredible. We communicated with the referee and the person in charge, we respected and attended these meetings, and everyone wanted to win the game, but when the penalty was against us, we felt stronger. Unlike Maresca's feeling, we went to the meeting to understand where things were resolved, and the most important thing was that VAR was just an auxiliary, it was not a referee. In this case, you could talk about a lot of things, but I would rather not say more because I would be punished and I hope to be in the coaching seat in the next game. I don't want to pay the fine, I want to help us Players. But the start of this season was very difficult for us, and a lot of the penalty was not done the way we should. That's reality, but we have to keep moving forward. "

Talking about whether VAR was over-interventing the game, with a total of 16 minutes of stoppage time but not many injuries

"I asked the referee by the rules and he said, 'Because we were wasting time, I was talking to a player. 'I checked the eight minutes of stoppage time in the first half, and no second was a pause. What can I say? I'm the head coach, and I try my best to do my job and lead my players and the club forward. Chelsea won this game, but we'll keep moving forward. "

What can I do?

"The referees may make mistakes because the Premier League is very intense and very difficult to play, and these are all possible. But when things are clearly black and white, they have to be clearly black and white. We cannot see something that does not exist, and that is our position. How to do it? This is not something I can decide, what I can decide is what my players are going to do in the next training and the next game, and there is nothing else I can do. I want to understand these decisions and understand how they follow the procedures and rules, which is the most important thing. Sometimes I am satisfied with the results, sometimes these decisions are good for us, but sometimes just like this game and the previous game, it is bad for us. It is unbearable for us to have two situations that we cannot understand in eight days."