Indeed as Cardoso said, the Brazilians did score three more goals (one by Peter Shalulile in each half, and another by Ribeiro later in the second half).

Shalulile’s first-half goal was not given, with referee Tshidiso Mkwanazi judging a foul in the build-up.

Early in the second half, Shalulile was again misjudged to be offside, having beaten the Arrows defence and goalkeeper Isima Watenga not playing to the whistle to concede a goal.

The third disallowed goal was, though, right to not be given, with Thapelo Morena clearly fouling an Arrows player in his goal assist.

“It is important to understand that the level of the league like this should also be on the level when it comes to other things. Unfortunately today, we saw things that I don’t even want to talk about,” said Cardoso, who was recently rewarded as the PSL Coach of the Month.

“It is the second game, (in fact) there are two games in which...” and the coach decided to stop right there with voicing his unhappiness.

“Congratulations to my players in terms of fighting in the second half to get all three points. Unfortunately, we did not get it. We look forward to doing our best in the next matches.

“We just want to play the games as fair as they should be, according to the rules of the game. Everybody should follow the rules of the game. It’s just what we want. Let us play football!”

Probed if he was directing his statement to the refereeing calls as he had been some two weeks ago, Cardoso responded: “No, no, I’m just speaking. I’m just speaking.”

Two weeks ago, Cardoso was specific in saying that referees are so quick to issue cards to his players.

Although he did not want to mention refereeing, in the earlier post-match interview on SuperSport TV, the Portuguese mentor made it clear that he was unhappy with “some decisions that did not go our way” as they “scored four goals to win the match”.

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