U.S. Males’s Nationwide Group coach Mauricio Pochettino didn’t mince his phrases when discussing a controversial no-call within the group’s CONCACAF Gold Cup ultimate loss to Mexico on Sunday night time.
The controversial play occurred within the second half of the match with america and Mexico even at one when defender Luis Sánchez made a play on American midfielder Max Arfsten.
Sanchez’s hand landed clearly on the ball.
However the play wasn’t known as a handball after match official Mario Alberto Escobar Toca turned to the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), ruling that it was an incidental handball and america wouldn’t get a penalty name of their favor.
The choice didn’t sit properly with Pochettino, who sounded off after the match at NRG Stadium.
“I’m not going to cry. I want to tell the truth. And the truth is if that happened in the opposite half, in the other box, for sure it’s a penalty,” the USMNT coach informed reporters.
He added: “He [Mexican defender Sánchez] put his hand over the ball. It’s not that the hand was on the floor and the ball touched it.”
Pochettino was seemingly speaking in regards to the rule that states a handball happens when a participant “touches the ball with their hand/arm when it has made their body unnaturally bigger.”
The second turned an important level within the match as america might have been ready to take a lead within the second half.
As a substitute, Edson Álvarez went on to attain the game-winning aim within the 77th minute when he headed the ball previous U.S. keeper Matt Freese.
The aim had initially been known as offside, however after video evaluate, it was decided to be aim.
Chris Richards scored america’ first and solely aim of the night time 4 minutes into the match and Raúl Jiménez scored the equalizer within the twenty seventh minute.
Mexico gained its second consecutive Gold Cup title and its tenth all-time, whereas transferring to 6-2 towards america within the match ultimate.
