Fifa reprimands Maradona's criticism of the Cup referee

FIFA has now reprimanded the criticism of former player Diego Armando Maradona at US referee Mark Geiger, who whistled the match between Colombia and England Tuesday (3), for the last 16 of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Yesterday (4), in his television show on the station "Telesur" in Venezuela, the Argentine idol ranked Geiger's performance as a "monumental flight". Maradona, who was encouraging Colombia, criticized Carlos Sánchez 's referee penalty on striker Harry Kane, completed by England' s own shirt 9.
In addition, l & # 's The former player insinuated that Geiger was not a referee at the moment of whistling a game of such importance.
At the time, Colombia was eliminated on penalties for the English, after equaling the regulation time and the extension from 1 to 1.
"After the comments of Maradona, FIFA has strongly reprimanded the criticism of the performance of the authorities of the game, considered positive in a difficult and exciting match.We also consider the comments and insinuations completely inappropriate and unfounded, "wrote FIFA. A declaration.
The governing body of football in the world has further stated that it is doing everything in its power to guarantee the principles of fair play. Shortly after, Maradona posted on his Instagram a photo of FIFA President Gianni Infantino, apologizing to the entity.
"Taken by the excitement of cheering for Colombia the other day, I said a few things and, certainly, some of them are unacceptable.
My apologies to FIFA and its President: although sometimes I have opinions against some arbitration decisions, I have absolute respect for the hard work of the institution and referees, "writes Maradona
On Twitter, former player's lawyer, Matías Morla, reinforced Argentina's apology, claiming that Maradona has an" absolute respect "for the institution and the referees.
The former player was invited by FIFA to join the group of "legends" of the entity and watched all the matches of the World Cup in as VIP
– Controversial: It's the third controversy of Maradona in the 2018 World Cup.
Previously, the former player was seen smoking a cigar in a forbidden area inside the stadium and show the medium to some people in the stands during the Argentine victory against Nigeria in group stage.