by An angry Enzo Maresca suggested that the United States are not suitable for organizing the World Cup after Chelsea’s 4-1 victory against Benfica in the last 16 due to a storm event in Charlotte due to a storm event.
Chelsea was 1-0 and drove to the last eight when the game was stopped after a lightning strike in the Bank of America Stadium in the bank with five minutes on the left. The teams were appointed by the officials, had to stay warm in their respective changing rooms before the game was resumed after an hour and 53 minutes.
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Chelsea continued to be frustrated when a controversial punishment at the last minute allowed Benfica to force extension. The Premier League team finally pushed 4: 1, four hours and 38 minutes after the kick-off, but there was a concern about off-pitch events a year before the men’s World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the USA.
“We had control over the game for 85 minutes,” said Maresca. “After the break, the game has changed completely. It is not a football for me. There are already seven, eight, nine games that you have suspended. I think it’s a joke to be honest, it’s not football. It is not for us. You can’t be inside. I cannot try to understand. I can understand that for security reasons. [this] is not the right place to carry out this competition. “
Storms have caused six games, all of which were kept in different cities and are suspended during the tournament. The teams also had to deal with a heat wave that covered a large part of the east and the center of the United States.
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“I’m very happy,” said Maresca. “We are in the last eight of these fantastic competitions. The team was very good. For me, one of the best performances in the past few weeks and months.
“The problem is that it is not a football when the game is suspended. Guys, it’s not football. They suspend the game, it’s not football. It is completely different. [Benfica] achieved because they have to hunt. We are inside, we win. You go outside differently. It is difficult.
“We had an hour and a half, two hours. Then it started completely. It is not the same game because they break the pace. So two hours inside; people talk to the family outside when they were good when they were good. People eat, people who laugh, people who talk on their cell phones. So I said it is not football.
“It is something you have to understand. But we tried to go out, because it was difficult. It is not accidental that we didn’t admit anything for 85 minutes. And then we gave five minutes a few chances. Why? It is that it started a completely different game.”
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Chelsea, who lost Moises Caicedo through a ban on play, will be confronted next to Palmeiras after he has reduced Benfica to 10 men in extra time with goals by Christopher Neto and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
Maresca was handed over that the implementation of the protocol required the reputation of the tournament. “People, please, don’t get me wrong, I said it is a fantastic competition,” said Maresca. “It’s up. We are happy to be in the last eight.
“But something happens, six, seven games suspended. How many games are exposed to a world championship? Null probably. In Europe, how many games? Null. We are here, two weeks, they are already six, seven games. There is a problem. We are happy to be in this competition. But it is something that is not normal.”
