Dynamo head coach Mircea Lucescu in an interview with GSP commented on the defeat in the 1st round of the Europa League against Fenerbahce (1:2).
Mircea Lucescu (photo: fcdynamo.com)— What happened in Istanbul?
- It was a bullfight, exactly as I said at the press conference. At the beginning of the match, in the first minutes, the Fenerbahce players fell on the lawn, feigned, then began to show aggression. This was the case until the end of the meeting. Every contact was tough. Extreme aggression. It is unacceptable!
— Fenerbahce coach Jorge Jesus said that he respects you, but does not agree with your words that it was a bullfight.
- I would like to see his reaction to two football players in the hospital. Shaparenko and Buschan went to Barcelona, they will have operations. Shaparenko has a cruciate ligament rupture, he was out for six months, Bushchan for at least a month, he also has a knee injury. As if I didn't have enough problems without it.
— What problems?
- Zabarny has a stomach infection, Besedin has a backache, the third goalkeeper Neshcheret has a broken nose. The problems are related.
— How do you like refereeing?
— Cowardly, tolerant. The referee allowed them to play rough. We couldn't carry out a counterattack, each time Garmash fell down and was knocked down. The referee was subjected to pressure from the stands. Jesus claims that there was no bullfight? And what was in the stands? Spectators threw everything they had at hand and insulted us!
— You talked about pressure...
- Pressure was exerted, first of all, on Fenerbahce players, since large sums were spent on transfers at the club. They were incited to violence and they responded with violence. Before this match, they only talked about revenge after we knocked them out of the Champions League.
