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Stock image of the FIFA logo at its headquarters in Zurich (Switzerland) .EFE / steffen schmidt.
FIFA expressed its rejection of " inappropriate and unfounded comments " on Wednesday. Diego Armando Maradona who considered that Colombia was the victim of " a monumental robbery " in the match of the 16th day that he played on Tuesday at Spartak Stadium against England
During the broadcast "From the Hand of Ten", transmitted by the Venezuelan TeleSUR channel, Maradona ensured that the performance of referee Mark Geiger "can not be believed", at the time who explained that the referees "chose them Collina (Pierluigi) who chose him as Infantino (Gianni) to change to a new FIFA and today's we have seen the opposite: a FIFA FIFA old and arranged. "
According to Maradona, the referee "invented a penalty" which led to 1-0 of England and throughout the match sought to favor the British .
Faced with such comments, the FIFA "vigorously rejects the criticism of the referees' performance, he considers positive in a difficult and very emotional game," said the statement of the International Federation
. In addition, he also considers that the comments and hints of the former Argentine player "are totally inappropriate and completely unfounded." When FIFA is doing everything in its power to ensure that the principles of the fair play, integrity and respect are at the forefront of this World Cup and the organization itself, FIFA regrets these statements of a player writes the story of our game, "said the statement. EFE
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