Australia – New Zealand: After the controversy, Catalan referee Matteo Raynal “assumed”
French referee Mathieu Renal criticized after his decision taken in the last seconds of the Australia-New Zealand match that resulted in the All-Blacks team winning in the extreme (39-37) during the fifth day of the rugby tournament, he said Monday evening, “suppose” his choice. During the rugby night that just dedicated to him the best French referee.
“I always assume what I do, I assume this decision is 100%, I had my reasons to take it”The elected Catalan “best judgment” It’s best at 14 pm on a Monday. On September 15, with Australia leading 37-32, Mathieu Raynal fired a penalty for Australia at the foot of his post. But, believing that Australian Bernard Foley was trying to gain time by delaying the clearance of the ball, he decided to cancel the penalty and ordered five yards instead, taking New Zealand’s lead, testing a victory beyond the organizational time of the All Blacks, whom the defeat looked like promised. “Even if it’s a strong decision, getting people talking – it makes a lot of noise but I try to free myself from these contexts, under pressure, and to do what seems to me the most fair: it’s the core of my job, and sometimes it creates controversy and frustration, but I suppose what I’m doing”French referee added.
Asked about the ensuing controversy in Australia, Matteo Raynal said that then “I deleted all apps from newspapers and social networks: I only had Candy Crush (game, editor’s note) and time on my phone”. “So, I didn’t follow what happened, because I know what it’s making of, and to protect myself from it, it was the best way. I wanted to focus on the second match that I had to do”he added. “My work stops as soon as I get off the field and (my decision), when I discuss it, is not something I want to get into.”Mathieu Renal appreciates.
Reflecting on this crucial moment of the encounter between Australia and New Zealand, the referee said: “It happens quickly but I am clear: If I make this decision, it is because I have reasons to do so.”. “In this case, I warned a player five times not to kick the ball to touch, and at one point I couldn’t do anything else: it wasn’t me who chose to make that decision, it was the player who forced me to, which is a little different”It is to explain. “I do what feels right to me on the pitch and I assume that after that”French concluded.
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