The first comment from the referee of the match between Serbia and Portugal after Ronaldo’s goal was canceled (video)

Dutch referee Dani Makele has announced that he apologized to Portugal’s national football team and coach Fernando Santos for failing to score captain Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal at the murderous moment of their match against Serbia.

“According to FIFA policy all I can say is that I have apologized to Fernando Santos, the coach and the Portuguese team for what happened,” Makeley said in his remarks. comments to the Portuguese newspaper “Apolla”.

The Dutch referee added: “As a team of referees, we always work hard to make good decisions. When cases like this happen, they are not at all satisfactory to us.”

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Makeley, 38, failed to score an unmistakably correct goal for Juventus and his country’s top scorer Ronaldo in the dying seconds of the Serbia-Portugal game (2-2), in the European qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup. Qatar 2022. “, Due to the ball not crossing the goal line, which caused a state of indignation for the historic striker of the Portuguese national team, with 102 goals.

Source: Agencies

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