Known for his flamboyant celebrations during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Herrera played the blame game after his team’s disappointing early exit. Mexico’s Rafa Marquez got called for a questionable trip on Arjen Robben, setting up a penalty kick goal in the 94th minute by Klaas-Jan Huntelaar which gave The Netherlands a 2-1 comeback victory in Sunday’s Round of 16 game in Brazil.
Herrera, though, thinks the call was a bunch of hooey.
“If the referee is fair, their second goal would not exist and Robben would be ejected,” Herrera said.
Herrera went on to say, “When a ref makes a call like that, we’re going to go home. I hope the ref committee sees and he goes home like us.”
Mexico’s coach has every reason to be upset. No one wants to see a scintillating soccer game with “instant classic” potential be decided on a questionable call. It’s safe to say that anyone watching that game not wearing orange was probably at least slightly upset to see the game end on a penalty kick.
That said, the harsh words by Herrera won’t change anything, as Mexico suffered its sixth consecutive World Cup defeat in the Round of 16.