The boss of the Hearts sub-press, Neil Crichley, was unleashed with referee John Beaton for having shown a lack of respect after sending two of his players in the defeat of the Tynecastle outfit against Aberdeen in the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup.
Michael Steinwender was destroyed by the Beaton at the end of the first half and Cammy Devlin in the depths of extension before sending the n ° 2 Mike Garrity of Critichley after the final whistle in Hampden while the outfit of Edinburgh fell to an effort in the 118th minute of Sub Oday Dabbagh donations.
An exasperated Critichley, fighting now to save his job after having failed to put his team in the top six of the Prime Minister, insisted that Beaton could not send Steinwender quickly enough and could not believe the moments of Devlin before the Dabbagh winner.
However, he was particularly unhappy with the reaction of the referee when he tried to tell him about the decisions that changed the game.
“I tried to (talk to him),” said Critichley. “I got a kind of answer, yes, but when you try to say things in a respectful way, you hope you will find respect.
“I like to think that I give respect to everyone with the way I behave myself and I expect that in return, but I don’t think I had that. I was near my assistant, which he sent at the end. I did not swore it, he only asked to speak to him. His answer was not very good, in my opinion.
Critichley was angry with Beaton’s attitude after approaching him to discuss red cards
Steinwender’s slit on Topi Keskinen has changed the nature of the semi-final confrontation in Hampden
The Austrian defender cannot believe him while Beaton flashes a red card by the half-time
“Then, when I asked why he had sent it (Steinwender), he said he was sending me. I thought, “For what reason?” For what?”. We did not swear. I wouldn’t do that. This is not how I behave. I am sometimes frustrated on the side and show a little passion, but I apologize to the fourth official if he says he calms down. I understand.
“You just hope you will get this level of respect in return and we have not understood it.
Steinwender’s 44th minute red card for having dropped Topi Keskinen has forced Critichley to tear the match plan at halftime and get to three back, but he was not satisfied with Beaton’s decision.
“I have never seen a referee getting a red box out of my whole life,” he said. “It is far from the objective and we had recovered the defenders. He was looking forward to sending him.
“I thought there were some dubious decisions throughout the game. There was Cammy’s first reservation, then the second. He is in motion and will clean the ball and the other boy (Dante Polvara) jumps in front of him.
Critichley console Cammy Devlin after the second yellow card in the midfielder in an additional time
“Yeah, is it a fault, but to reserve it?” I mean, come on. Wow. It was incredible.
Critichley refused to accept, however, that there were many things in play personally, in terms of employment security, following a season which is now finished and finished.
“No, I don’t feel like that at all, no,” he said. “When you look when I took over, we had two points after 11 games. If you make a point per game in my mandate, we would be at the top six comfortably and we had a semi-final, taking the right over the way today with ten men for a long time.
“There are more than enough positive signs and we have a plan and a strategy on how we want to move forward.”
