Heerenveen manager, Robin van Persie, was left fumning after match officials mistakenly allowed Fortuna Sittard field 12 players against his team on Saturday....Read Full Article >>➤
The incident happened in the 88th minute of the game with Van Persie’s men leading 2-1.
Fortuna made a double-substitution that saw Ryan Fosso and Jasper Dahlhaus come off for Darijo Grujcic and Owen Johnson.
However, Dahlhaus did not come off the pitch and played for nearly a minute.
Van Persie noticed the mistake and protested on the sidelines before Dahlhaus eventually came off.
One minute later, Fortuna equalised from a corner to snatch three points away from Heerenveen.
“I find what preceded that goal very special,” Van Persie said post-match.
“Fortuna Sittard had 12 men on the field for a minute before that throw-in. Apparently that is allowed and possible. You can’t imagine that? That it is simply allowed.
“Normally I never talk to referees and always let them do their job, but it can’t be that they play with twelve men. That’s unthinkable. So I asked the fourth official: ‘Shouldn’t you do something about that?’”
When Van Persie was asked what he would like to see done, he said: “For example, reverse that goal.
“You can’t play with twelve men against eleven. I really can’t understand that. I think this is really scandalous.”
Heerenveen are currently 10th in the Eredivisie after 21 games.
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