Maradona accuses "monumental flight" of referee against Colombia in playoff against England | International



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The Argentine Diego Maradona who is in Russia after the World Cup, said Tuesday night that he saw "a monumental robbery" against Colombia in the elimination of coffee farmers in the shootout against England (1-1, 4-3) in the round of 16.

"(I am) moved, because when I spoke with (President of FIFA, Gianni) Infantino the first time, I said " everything changed at FIFA: the thieves go away, the arrangements go, all goes . " And today, I saw a monumental robbery on the court ", explains t he in his program "De la mano del Diez" for the Venezuelan channel Telesur

"I apologize to all the Colombian people, the players are not to blame. Here is a gentleman (Pierluigi Collina) who decides to put a referee who, in the googlant, sees that he can not be led to lead a match of this magnitude "he added.

US referee Mark Geiger, who spent six months without leading international matches after a controversial decision in the semifinals of the 2015 Gold Cup between Panama and Mexico, said in the 54th minute a Carlos Sanchez penalty on Harry Kane 1-0 for the Europeans.

"I have it very clearly." Geiger, American, what a coincidence that he invented a penalty for Brazil (in a friendly against Colombia in 2012), which Nigeria accused FIFA of (for an eighth-final match against France in Brazil 2014) and granted him six months suspension (…) This is not possible, it must be denounced ", he said

Maradona joined the criticism of all of Colombia in the arbitral proceedings "That they put me an American umpire seemed peculiar, in which case he was suspended .. This leaves me with a lot of doubts and that only spoke English … I do not know … some partiality was certain, "said the" Tiger & # 39; "Radamel Falcao Garcia visibly angry in the mixed zone after the game."

"It was clear that in the face of doubt, he was still paying for England and it's a pity that he's going through the last 16 minutes," he added

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