On December 17, Beijing time, in the 16th round of the Premier League, Bournemouth shook hands with West Ham United 1-1 at home. After the match, Bournemouth manager Ilora gave an in-depth analysis of the result and the referee's decision in an interview on Sky Sports.
Elaura started the game with a hint of regret: "Even if we had equalized towards the end, it would have been difficult for me to be satisfied with the result. Even though we gained momentum in the second half, our overall performance left a lot to be desired. We went all out for a win and had to settle for a penalty, which is obviously not a good enough score for us."
He went on to point out that the team's performance in the first half was particularly sluggish: "The tempo was slow in the first half and we lacked enough courage to put effective pressure on our opponents. There was some improvement in the second half, but not enough to turn the game around."
Speaking about the team's personnel changes, Ilaura spoke highly of them, "The substitution strategy was effective, and Yunaar scored a great goal. Nevertheless, we could only end the game with one point."
Ilaura expressed great dissatisfaction and disappointment with the penalty awarded to Adams: "I am extremely disappointed because we had communicated with the referee at the beginning of the season, and I myself took issue with the position of the defender's hands when defending. I made it clear that it is normal for a defender to have his hands behind his back when defending, but the referee used this to award a penalty. They had promised that such a position would not result in a penalty being awarded. However, today it happened for the first time. I questioned this rule because the referee did not seem to want the defender to take an unnatural defensive stance."
Finally, Ilaura said that he is not concerned with the referees' explanations at this point, and only hopes that the referees will fulfill their previous promises, "I no longer care about the explanations, I only hope that they will make the decisions they promised to make. But today, we didn't see such a decision."
