During a visit to Atletico Madrid's Metropolitano Stadium, Leganes midfielder Neijo Noupa endured a game full of ups and downs. Despite his goal, the team ended up going down 1-3 to Atletico Madrid, failing to make any gains in the table. After the match, Neijo expressed his loss of emotion over the result in the mixed interview area and gave an in-depth analysis of the reasons for his team's loss.
Ne-Yo said he was quite critical of the game's penalties, particularly the disallowance of Griezmann's red card and the referee's decision not to award a penalty to teammate Munir. He believes that these key events had a major impact on the outcome of the match and questioned the consistency of the referee in his decisions. Ne-Yo pointed out that if a similar situation had happened to Atletico Madrid, the referee's decision could have been very different.
Speaking about the loss, Neyo admitted: "It was really frustrating. We were still ahead at one point and scored the first goal, but then they equalized and came back. It really pissed people off." He agreed with coach Borja that all three goals conceded by his team were avoidable mistakes, mainly due to lack of concentration and standing problems.
Although Ne-Yo's goal was Leganes' first at Atletico Madrid's home ground and in La Liga, he said the record didn't change the outcome of the game: "I didn't know about the record at all, and I was very happy after scoring at the time, but what about the final result of the game ...... Did the goal change anything? Nothing has changed."
On the referee's decision, Ne-Yo said, "In my opinion, that move by Munir was a penalty. However, I am not involved in the referee's decision. If the referee says it's not a red card, it's not a red card. Just like in the Getafe game, the referee gave a similar penalty call to Jorge Saenz and today it wasn't given to Munir. It's always like this, we play on the field but can't do anything about it. The referee controls everything on the field."
Asked if he felt the referee's calls would have been different if the roles had been swapped, Ne-Yo said, "Of course, of course they would have. But, well ......," he also revealed that he doesn't know many Atletico players, including Giuliano Simeone, who assisted on the 2-1 goal, and said he doesn't usually watch much soccer.
Despite regretting the outcome of the match, Ne-Yo has not completely lost confidence. He believes that the team can still achieve better results in the upcoming matches by reducing errors and improving consistency. At the same time, he called on the referees to maintain a more fair consistency in the matches and not to let the difference in fame between the two teams affect the penalties. Ne-Yo said, "We will learn from this game and as the coach said, there are a lot of things that could have been avoided."
