Matías Almeyda dismisses Guillermo Almada’s complaints about refereeing

Matías Almeyda chose a brief and pointed response after Monterrey eliminated América in the Leagues Cup semifinals. The Rayados advanced on penalties, while América coach Guillermo Almada criticized the refereeing and questioned the role of VAR.

Almada said “the errors” had been decisive in his team’s elimination. Almeyda declined to weigh heavily on those complaints, saying he did not have an answer and believed the referee had made the right calls.

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No, I don’t have an answer, honestly I don’t, because in the first match we also had a situation where the referee may have made a mistake. In this match I don’t know if he made a mistake, I think he called it correctly.

“No, I don’t have an answer, honestly I don’t, because in the first match we also had a situation where the referee may have made a mistake. In this match I don’t know if he made a mistake, I think he called it correctly,” Almeyda said.

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He called two throw-ins against us for taking seconds, and called a throw-in for taking seconds. They didn’t count the seconds for them, I don’t know, but I respect him.

The Monterrey coach then highlighted the details he viewed as part of the match’s uneven handling, while maintaining respect for the referee. “He called two throw-ins against us for taking seconds, and called a throw-in for taking seconds. They didn’t count the seconds for them, I don’t know, but I respect him,” he said.

For Almeyda, the central point was that Monterrey had reached the final and removed a major opponent from the competition. “What matters for us is that we are in a final and eliminated América, which is an important club,” he concluded.

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What matters for us is that we are in a final and eliminated América, which is an important club.