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.”