Jesse Marsch feels Canada have been “handled like second-class residents” as he took intention at Copa America officers, claiming “this match has not been skilled”.
The Canucks will convey their maiden marketing campaign to a detailed after they face Uruguay within the third-place playoff on Saturday.
Their opponents’ gamers had been concerned in a post-match brawl with Colombia supporters following their semi-final defeat, after violence erupted close to to the place members of the family had been situated.
After the CONMEBOL introduced that they had opened an investigation into the incident, Uruguay head coach Marcelo Bielsa insisted his gamers ought to obtain an apology fairly than be sanctioned.
Marsch believes the incident highlighted extreme issues throughout the match, after a Canada participant was subjected to racial abuse on-line following their Group A defeat by Argentina.
And whereas the Canada head coach empathised along with his Uruguay counterpart, he feels there would have been a stronger punishment incurred had it concerned his aspect.
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“For me, this match has not been skilled,” Marsch instructed reporters at his pre-match press convention. “There are too many gaps in the best way.
“I watched what occurred after the match, and definitely I don’t know all the main points, however definitely we wouldn’t need anybody’s households or any participant’s households to be put in hurt’s means.
“However I do know if our crew responded like this, that there could be heavy sanctions due to the therapy that we obtained on this match. We’ve been handled like second-class residents.”
Marsch additionally criticised the officiating after Alphonso Davies was compelled off injured of their semi-final defeat by Argentina following a heavy problem by Gonzalo Montiel, with the referee not even awarding a foul.
“You give me one other alternative to speak about how poor the refereeing was for the deal with on Alphonso,” he added.
“In case you had been to show it over and put that towards the largest participant from the opposite crew, particularly from South America on this match, the behaviour and the therapy for such a deal with in such a state of affairs could be very completely different.
“So, we had been fortunate that we averted any massive damage with Alphonso, however we’re not completely sure if he’ll be accessible tomorrow. And one of many essential jobs of a referee in any match is to guard the security of gamers, and that was not doing his job.”