Ivanauskas furious with ref
10 Aug 2006 - 09:59:18
Hearts head coach Valdas Ivanauskas blamed referee Nicolai Vollquartz for his side's 2-1 defeat against AEK Athens on Wednesday.
The Jambos took a 62nd-minute lead in the Champions League third qualifying round first leg clash at Murrayfield thanks to a Saulius Mikoliunas strike.
However, things started to go wrong for Hearts four minutes later when Bruno Aguiar picked up a second yellow card, and got worse when the Greek side scored twice in the final two minutes of the match.
Ivanauskas told BBC Scotland: "I am very angry, not about our performance, I'm angry about the referee.
"I think he made mistakes and the mistakes cost us the win. In two weeks there is another game but we have a chance.
"AEK are a very strong team but, after we scored, we had another chance to score a second goal.
"But, after the red card, it was very difficult for ten men against a very good team."
