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Beenhakker fury at referee
Beenhakker fury at referee
Poland coach Leo Beenhakker was livid after a last-gasp penalty for Austria.Beenhakker accused English referee Howard Webb of trying to steal the limelight by awarding a penalty in stoppage time to hand Austria a point.He believes Webb's decision, after Mariusz Lewandowski defended a free-kick by holding Sebastian Prodl's shirt, effectively knocked Poland out of Euro 2008.Beenhakker said: "Maybe he wants to show he is a big boy and has the guts to do it, I don't know. I've never had a problem in 43 years of being in football but this is something I cannot understand."Poland can still qualify for the quarter-finals but need to get a win against Croatia, who are the first to go through from Group B. Even then they are relying on other results going their way.Beenhakker added: "It's impossible to accept but I am working on it. I'm very satisfied with the boys, I have no complaints."We don't have it in our own hands any more and the conclusion is we are out of the tournament."Their prospects of reaching the knockout stages looked brighter when Roger Guerreiro tapped in against the run of play on the half-hour mark, although the Brazil-born playmaker looked offside.Although Poland were given a helping hand for the opener, Beenhakker was fuming with the last-gasp penalty that led to Ivica Vastic scoring from the penalty spot.He stormed: "Just bad luck? Before the tournament we had a DVD about what is allowed and not allowed," he added. "One was the wrestling style from corners and free-kicks."Referees were instructed to look for that. I saw the same story in many matches. It was not unusual, we saw it in many matches up to now."There was the usual wrestling we see in the last five years of football."
ITN | June 13, 2008
