In the 13th round of WWin League BiH, Zrinjski defeated Široki Brijeg 2:1 in the Herzegovinian derby.
The home team took the lead in the 30th minute with a goal by Franjo Posavac, but six minutes later they were down a player after a red card. Christian Sesar. Zrinjski equalized in stoppage time of the first half with a goal Marija Čužewhile the turnaround achieved Toni Majic in the 74th minute.
The head of the Mostar profession, Igor Štimac, he earned a red card in the second minute of stoppage time after he ran onto the pitch complaining to the head referee To Luke Bilby and getting in his face.
In the end I have to be satisfied. As it turned out, I saw defeat. I was very angry at half time of the game. If we want to be champions, if we want to dominate, if we want to achieve more this season, then this is not the way to play football. I can’t be happy because we won with a player more, said Štimac and continued:
I came to enjoy football with my team, but we weren’t right today. I can’t comment on the red card, I’ll have a look, we’ll see what it was. I have a lot of complaints about my players and the refereeswho ruined a football show today. Both to us and to Shiroko. The nervousness continued at the press conference.
After Štimac commented on the officiating at the match, the journalist asked him if it was inappropriate to mention referee protection considering that the man from Zrinjski has been at the head of the Referee Commission for a decade. Look, look. You know… If you are benevolent, I have a condition. Is that so? I won’t answer those questions any further, Stimac said.
When the journalist mentioned that one of the judges in the judging team was from Mostar, Štimac replied: What does it matter? When you look at things like that, where who is from, and not who is who and what is who, we will have a problem. When asked about the trial itself, Zrinjski’s coach suggested that the match should be watched again and pointed out that he knows football better than journalists, adding that the situation was inappropriate for both.
Watch the game again. I know football a little better than you. Do you agree with that? I know football a little better… Inappropriate for you and for us, Štimac told him, after which he reacted violently when the journalist insinuated that his club, along with FK Borac, was the only one protected in the league. How did we not get that for nine and a half years here when we are protected? Can you explain that to me? how?, said the coach of Mostar. Štimac then started imitating the journalist and left the conference room: So what? What? Come on run…
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