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Colombia captain Radamel Falcao questioned the neutrality of US referee Mark Gaeger after losing to England in the 3-4 penalty shootout (1-1 in overtime and in overtime) yesterday at the close of the 16th round of the World Cup. The game "appoint an American referee, it seems to me a special case, even less it is suspended".
"That leaves me with a lot of doubts because he only speaks English, I do not know … if his bias is certain."
Mark Gaeger was arrested for six months by CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean) in 2015 for controversial decisions in the semi-finals of the Gold Cup between Panama and Mexico.
In a 1-0 win against Morocco in the first round, a Moroccan player accused the American referee of asking for Cristiano Ronaldo's jersey between the two matches, but the International Federation (FIFA) immediately denied the accusations.
"It is clear that if there was any doubt, it would be in favor of England," said Falcao.
England took advantage of a penalty after an obvious error by Carlos Sanchez against Harry Caen in the 57th minute, scoring his sixth goal in the tournament, allowing his country to progress.
However, Barcelona defender Yiri Mena scored the equalizer of a header (90 +3) before England decided to win the penalty shootout.
Falcao said, "We went out our heads, we fought the whole game and we were just at the last minute." Sometimes we were better than England and we could win or not.
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