AmaZulu coach Pablo Franco Martin was angry after Orlando Pirates beat them 4-2 in a Nedbank Cup quarter-final encounter at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Saturday evening.
Martin felt that match referee Masixole Bambiso robbed them by awarding the Buccaneers a penalty, which was converted by Patrick Maswanganyi to bring them back into the game after they trailed by an odd goal.
“This is the problem we’re having here that the games are decided by some people who aren’t players. Again, a scandal, a huge scandal, we played against the best team in competitions and we reached after 12 years the quarter-finals of the Nedbank Cup, after 15 minutes where they dominated us, we balanced, we took the lead,” Martin said.
“We won the first-half, even if the scoreboard says something different, we won it. And in the second half, it was an open game, nice game, nice fight, we got back to 2-2, we hit the crossbar, we could have won the game from there.”
The Spaniard felt that Usuthu defender Taariq Fielies did nothing wrong to Pirates midfielder Makhehleni Makhaula.
