Colombia Head Coach Jose Pekerman admits Juan Cuadrado red card was costly in friendly defeat to Brazil

Colombia Head Coach Jose Pekerman believes Juan Cuadrado’s red card was decisive in his side’s 1-0 friendly defeat to Brazil on Saturday. The Fiorentina winger was dismissed after 49 minutes for a second bookable offence and Pekerman disagrees with the referee’s match-changing decision. “I believe that Cuadrado’s red card damaged our chances and it showed. […]
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2014-09-07 00:04:00

Colombia Head Coach Jose Pekerman believes Juan Cuadrado’s red card was decisive in his side’s 1-0 friendly defeat to Brazil on Saturday.

The Fiorentina winger was dismissed after 49 minutes for a second bookable offence and Pekerman disagrees with the referee’s match-changing decision.

“I believe that Cuadrado’s red card damaged our chances and it showed. I think it wasn’t a foul worthy of a sending off,” he said, as reported by GOAL.com.

“We were looking for the equaliser, and our play was conditioned by that. In the end Brazil deserved to win.”