Uproar between the coaches after the final whistle – Göteborgs-Posten

IFK Gothenburg’s adventures in Europe ended with a big brawl at innerplan.I center: Belenenses coach Ricardo Sá Pinto.

– He behaved very badly during the whole match. Several of his players arrived and apologized for his behavior afterward, says Jörgen Lennartsson.

When the final whistle sounded, broke it off.

Belenenses played 0-0 at Gamla Ullevi and knocking out IFK Gothenburg.

Ricardo Sá Pinto dropped everything.

Away coach celebrated the advancement of gestures toward the blue and white bench.

Something stirred up emotions.

The assistant coach Alf Westerberg flew up. Jörgen Lennartsson was he notched his heels.

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Sturdy commotion began with both players and officials involved.

– Sá Pinto kept on shouting throughout the match. In every verdict. He received a sharp reprimand from the judge in the break, but it did not help. At first I did not care about him, but when he attacked Mattias Bjärsmyr with a lot of words in Portuguese, I took a verbal debate with him, said Lennartsson at the press conference after the game.

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He had calmed down by then.

settled down on the podium. Exhaled.

– I will not sit and cry over it without congratulating Belenenses to win. But his behavior was very bad. It was even so that almost all players and leaders in their team came up and apologized for his own coach’s behavior. I have never experienced before.

but said Pinto himself said nothing?

– No, no, no. It’s probably just as well that we will not close now. It is so in the world of football. There are crazy people here and there.

Sá Pinto himself climbed up on the press conference podium a few minutes after Jörgen Lennartsson left the same.

When asked about the altercation came up, he was clear: Jörgen Lennartsson had said were lies.

– I do not think the players have apologized to me. And I did not celebrate in front avbytarbåset. What Jörgen says only speaking for himself. I can not say that I did something wrong.

We leave the row over there.

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And focus on the game instead.

Of course it was a disappointed Jörgen Lennartsson who was forced to conclude that the adventure in Europe is over for this time.

Belenenses got too tough. Losses fell in Portugal could not turn to victory.

– We made a good match in many ways. We had an incredible energy, passion and spark. What we lacked was the quality of the final quarter. We had not so many really dangerous scoring opportunities. There, I wish we had made more of.