Silva disappointed with VAR officials in 2-0 Chelsea defeat

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Silva disappointed with VAR officials in 2-0 Chelsea defeat  30/08/2025  Stamford Bridge, London, UK

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00:00I'm sorry, could you sit in the middle of this room?

00:15Sorry?

00:16He wants you to sit here?

00:17Sorry, Marco.

00:18He wants you to come this way.

00:19That's not settled, though.

00:27First question, please.

00:28Where would you like to start from?

00:30Marco, because we'll take it in order.

00:32The first VAR decision, what's your review about?

00:38Good evening, or good afternoon.

00:42I prefer to go in a different direction.

00:44With all the respect for your question and after I can go there,

00:47to talk a little bit about football.

00:50That is the main thing that we can do.

00:53It's the reason why we work so hard.

00:56All of us, we love this sport.

00:59Outstanding first half from ourselves.

01:02Very, very good one.

01:04We dominated all the first half.

01:06We are clearly the best team on the pitch.

01:08Really pleased the way we match.

01:11And you are better than Chelsea in all the moments of that first half.

01:14Brave on the ball.

01:16Very difficult to make the life very difficult for Chelsea to press as high.

01:21The way we knew that they are going to come.

01:24We found always the spare player that most of the times was Alexi Ovi.

01:27And from that moment, I think we built many good moments in our offensive organization.

01:34Of the ball, brave.

01:35Finding the right moments to press them high or to be more compact.

01:38And it was a very good first half.

01:41And that didn't end in the way we wanted.

01:45With a goal conceded.

01:47And of course, with all the circumstances during that first half, the goal is allowed.

01:53And all that stuff.

01:54Second half, we didn't perform at the same level.

01:57Of course, players, they are human beings.

02:01And the emotions, even if I told them at half time to try to be more balanced and emotional

02:08control and to focus just what is our job is to play football.

02:12To try to be better on the opposition side.

02:14Very difficult after the second decision.

02:18Completely unbelievable for that penalty.

02:23For them to keep the same principles that we want to keep.

02:29But it's my job is to try to convince them that we have to do it.

02:33A team that performs so well first half, we should keep the same type of performance

02:39even if all the circumstances come against us and make the life difficult for ourselves.

02:44Very proud in the first half.

02:46Very, very proud.

02:48And that has to be our image and we have to move on.

02:51About your question.

02:54Unbelievable decision.

02:55Unbelievable.

02:56But I think throughout the game you have many decisions to talk about.

03:02I spoke for your colleagues so many times.

03:05Probably I'm not in the best mood to do it because I'm going to repeat all the same things.

03:10But unbelievable the goal was disallowed.

03:14Eight minutes of extra time and I accept because if it's for me, for Fulham,

03:20I want to see if I get the corner in the eight minutes of extra time

03:24when the officials gave eight minutes.

03:26I would like to have the chance to have that corner.

03:29But after the second corner is already 90 minutes of extra time.

03:32I saw all the eight minutes of extra time.

03:35I saw all the eight minutes.

03:36The game didn't stop one time.

03:38Not stopped.

03:39The referee didn't stop the game.

03:40And I don't understand why.

03:41The game should be stopped after the first corner and not give the chance for Chelsea

03:46to have the second corner.

03:47Yes, we should defend better.

03:49It's my job to work with my players.

03:50But the game should be stopped in that moment.

03:52And after, of course, the penalty.

03:54And yes, it's handball from Cesc.

03:59Definitely handball.

04:00But before that moment, you can find easy two, three falls for ourselves.

04:06And of course, our players, they went in the screen with the referee there.

04:09They should not, but they went there in the screen.

04:12And they were loving because they were with the referee,

04:15seeing the same images from the referee.

04:17Stamped in Alexi Jovi.

04:19Handball from João Pedro.

04:20A push.

04:21The ball probably is not handball, but the ball touched in his hand.

04:23But I understand.

04:24And the push in Roa and Joaquin.

04:26And nothing came from the VAR.

04:28They saw the penalty after three moments that at least they have to see two falls for us.

04:33And it's the same VAR that in the first half they found something unbelievable,

04:39like almost a stamp from Rodrigo.

04:42And they didn't, the same people didn't see a stamp in Alexi Jovi in that penalty.

04:48And what I can tell you, I cannot tell you nothing more because I don't understand the direction

04:52that he's going.

04:53Fair enough with the referee.

04:56Difficult game for him.

04:58Derby, he was a referee like a derby should be a referee.

05:03Okay, intense game.

05:04Both teams trying to win.

05:05Some challenge there.

05:06Fair enough with the fourth official.

05:08It was a difficult afternoon for him after so many emotions in the game.

05:11I think he was very balanced, if not probably some cards for ourselves on the bench.

05:18And he was balanced.

05:19He understood well that situation and the referee.

05:22And probably he took some important decisions, good decisions on the pitch.

05:26And from the VAR, difficult to understand.

05:29Very, very harsh for him.

05:48Wow, what a performance from him again.

05:51So, personally on the ball, he understood very well all the moments.

05:57How we should punish.

05:58How we should try to punish, not punish.

06:00To explore some gaps.

06:01We knew that most of the time he was going to be around him every single time.

06:05I think we found very well at the moment for him or Alexi to be there as a free player.

06:12And he did it very well.

06:14Off the ball, very hard work from him again.

06:16He's a top talent player and he's deserving clear the chance.

06:20And it's true what you said.

06:22There are your words that are harsh for him.

06:25A boy that probably he was dreaming with his moment all his career.

06:30That is very young.

06:31But when he was a child playing against Derby in a Derby against Chelsea in a Fulham shirt.

06:38And to have the chance to do the first one.

06:40And probably he's going home not understanding why the goal was disallowed.

06:44And I told him be ready because unfortunately it's going to happen many times that you are going to not understand in the football in the future.

06:50And if you are with Fulham shirt, you are going to not understand many things as well.

06:54But okay.

06:55As you said, great moment from him.

06:59It should not be disallowed, definitely.

07:01I'm going to take a couple more questions.

07:02We're going to start at Sky here and we're going to answer at Sky.

07:06Marco, you don't think you've rejected the most of the second half.

07:09Have you had a chance to speak to the referee since the game, including in terms of transfers?

07:14Do you have any hope that anyone needs to arrive?

07:18About the referee, no, I didn't speak with him.

07:22I spoke with him at half time to try to understand why the goal was disallowed.

07:28And why he didn't stop the game at 99 minutes and he gave a chance for another corner for Chelsea.

07:37The two moments that I tried to understand.

07:39In the end of the game, I didn't because everything was so emotional after an afternoon like this one.

07:46It was a moment just to thank our fans and go quick for the dressing room because I will not win nothing with that.

07:53Probably I'll say something that is not going to be the most correct thing and I don't want to do it.

07:59Because I want to be on the bench next game and my players need me there.

08:02About transfers, unfortunately, I don't have nothing to say to you.

08:05Let's see if the next few hours or next hours or until Monday something is going to happen.

08:12Because we really need some players to come in.

08:17We signed one free agent goalkeeper and we need new signings, we need new players.

08:21To help this great group of players to improve and to have more competition inside

08:25and for us to face a so tough competition like this Premier League.

08:31And the very last question, Andy.

08:33Will you do anything official maybe follow up this week with a complaint-maker representation to the Premier League about the decisions today?

08:43No.

08:44From my side I will not do it.

08:46I will not do it.

08:47Because we expected some explanations for us to understand about last week about the game with Man United.

08:56Two similar situations in different boxes.

08:59One was in the direction and the other in another one.

09:01And we are going to wait as a football club.

09:04If they have something to say for us, I will not do anything.

09:08Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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