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Diego Maradona had an adventurous trip to the 2018 World Cup. (Photo: ROBERT GHEMENT, EPA -EFE) [19659008MOSCOW-LapatiencheFIFAfaceauxpitreriesoftheCoupeduMondedeDiegoMaradonas'isfinallyreleasedWednesday(19659008)Theworldfootballorganizationsaid"stronglyreprimanded"thecommentsofUSrefereeMarkGeiger. It was yet another controversial moment involving Maradona – an official FIFA ambbadador and figurehead of his "Legends" program celebrating former players – at a World Cup that he especially attended as a VIP VIP guest. 19659010] FIFA fought back at Maradona for telling Telesur that the result of Tuesday's match in Moscow was a "monumental flight".

Maradona was photographed before the match with a Colombian yellow jersey.

England has qualified for the quarter-finals in a penalty shoot-out after a 1-1 draw in a fiery match slowed by stops and talks between Geiger , former high school teacher from New Jersey. ] A Colombian player blows the referee of the American World Cup

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More: FIFA stated that Maradona's "insinuations" were "totally inappropriate and completely unfounded".

"FIFA is extremely sorry to read such statements from a player who wrote the history of"

FIFA had tolerated previous incidents of Maradona to games in Russia, which the winning captain of the 1986 World Cup had to explain on his Facebook page.

He apologized for having made an offensive gesture towards a South Korean fan in Argentina The opening match 1-1 against Iceland in Moscow. He then suggested that the media are trying to make the headlines of an innocent incident and that he broke the rules of the World Cup stadium by smoking a cigar.

Maradona was filmed on the official television channel of FIFA. in St. Petersburg.

He was also seen on social media footage appearing to be ill and badisted from his seat in a private dining room.

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FIFA has had a tumultuous relationship with Maradona in his career as a player and coach.

He was tested positive for a badtail of banned substances at the 1994 World Cup in the United States and was fired from the tournament.

As a coach of Argentina in 2009, a suspension of FIFA tirade in Maradona was a virulent critic of the previous FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, but he was brought back into the fold when Gianni Infantino was invited to participate in the 2010 World Cup Final in Cape Town, South Africa. elected in 2016.

He came to the Kremlin in Moscow last December, wearing a golden bow tie to participate in the draw of 2018.