Casemiro and his message after the draw between Villarreal and Real Madrid: “The referee can never be an excuse for us” [VIDEO]

After the 0-0 draw between Real Madrid and Villarreal, which caused controversy due to the refereeing decisions, the Brazilian midfielder, Casemiro, spoke to the press lamenting that they let two important points slip away and making it clear that it could not be put to the referees as an excuse.

With these words, Casemiro sent a message to his teammates letting them know that in a club the size of Real Madrid, there can be no excuse or blame on the judges. “The referee? I have a lot of respect for him. A referee can never be an excuse for us”, indicated the Brazilian player.

The match held at the La Cerámica stadium, which was directed by the referee Sánchez Martínez, was full of controversy due to the lack of firmness in the arbitration decisions, which ranged from a hard foul by Marco Asensio to Vicente Iborra, who did not receive reprimand, even an alleged elbow in the area by Raúl Albiol against Vinicius Jr.

Regarding this last play in which many criticized that it should have been a penalty in favor of Real Madrid and in which the VAR did not intervene, Casemiro defended the assistants and asked to respect their work. “(The VAR) is here to help. If he has not intervened, it must be respected”.

Likewise, the midfielder of 29 years showed his leadership by acknowledging the effort of his compatriot Vinicius who was again unable to score. “He continues to work, he has that cheerful game, he has already been showing that he is an important player for us and he has continued in that line,” he stressed.

For his part, he confessed that coach Carlo Ancelotti was the one who made them change their mentality for the second half. “He guided us and talked to us to improve in the second half,” he said.

In that sense, he recognized that his second half was better than the first but that in the end the effort was not enough, so they have to keep one point and reflect for the next game of The league. “We could do more in the second half, but we weren’t convincing and we left with a draw”.

Finally, Casemiro indicated how important it will be to take the good things they did against Villarreal and save it for Tuesday when Real Madrid visit Paris Saint-Germain for the Champions League. “We have to keep the good. Now comes the best, the most beautiful, the Champions League ”, he sentenced.

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