Beerschot is angry after the red cards rained down and demands a response from the Football Association – Football News

Beerschot lost 1-2 to Dinzi on Sunday. Had it not been for Quentin Berard, the alternate referee, taking charge of the match by showing 10 yellow cards and 8 red cards in the summit match. Three Beerschot players received red cards, and three other staff had to leave early. Deinze received two red cards.

With these 18 cards, Berard broke the competition record. That was due to Wesley Allen at Union Lommel in 2021. In 1999, Amand Ancione received four red cards once during the Westerlo-Genk match, for a total of 13 cards. That match ended with a score of 6-6.

“There’s always something to do at Beerschot, but this is really extreme,” visiting coach Hans Sommers told Het Nieuwsblad afterwards. “I have to be careful what I say, because we’re going to meet these people later. It’s getting worse and worse. Weird and weird. We also made a mistake by not staying calm, you know. It’s just been about that.”

In Beerschot they did not retreat. “I have never encountered this before, not even in other countries,” said visibly emotional sporting director Giorgi Šebrigi. “It wasn’t about the football at all. It was just about the referee. He came here to sell the show and he succeeded.”

Beerschot wants to try to make his voice heard. “We don’t want to leave it like this. We will see what we can do about it. Above all, whether we can do something about it. After a match like this, the Football Association really needs to show a reaction and not just make excuses, because you cannot allow “That happens. It doesn’t exist.”