Falcao attacks the referee: "It's a shame"

"In case of doubt, he has always accused England, it's a shame that this will happen in the final eighth," Falcao told reporters after the elimination of his national team . "We were very uncomfortable with the referee, in the divisions he always won in favor of England." I prepared you because Colombia did not not whistled with the same criteria, "insisted the Monegasque striker, who usually escapes controversy.

Colombia scored against Geiger for the penalty that Carlos Sanchez had just started in the second half on the English captain Harry Kane and that the same gunner would condemn in the net to open the account.

This failed altered the temperament of Colombia which until then had the reins of the party and had not had any uncertainties.

Falcao interrogated the FIFA for the designation of an American referee

"That's why they put an American referee (American Mark Geiger) m & # 39; appeared particular, in this case, which was suspended … That leaves me a lot of doubts and it speaks only English … I do not know … certain prejudices were certain ", commented the" Tiger " visibly angry.

Geiger was suspended for six months without being able to arbitrate. International after several controversial decisions during the match of the semi-finals of the 2015 Gold Cup between Panama and Mexico.

Colombian midfielder Jefferson Lerma also referred to the arbitration as "shameful," but said that "

" Unfortunately, the referee lacked character in many punctual games and with the VAR this does not help much, "said the Levante player.

"I keep the delivery of each of my comrades, the union was the most beautiful of this group, it is worth emphasizing and we must take pride. "

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Russia 2018 beats several Octavos penalties records

The 2018 World Cup Russia became the biggest penalty shootout of the eighth finals, with three qualifying rounds solved by this system

Russian qualifications against Spain (1-1 and 4) -3 in penalties), Croatia before Denmark (1-1 and 3-2 in round) and from England before Colombia (1-1 and 4-3) were solved by the system of maximum penalties.

Up to now the record was held by the last World Cup, played in Brazil 2014. The host team defeated Chile 3-2 after finishing the match with a 1-1 draw, same result that was recorded in the match Costa Rica-Greece, in which In the maximum penalties , the painting tico (5-4).

In the first World Cup under the current system, that of Mexico 1986 there was no s of rounds in this round, and in the following there was always one: in Italy 90 Ireland-Romania (0-0 and 5-4), in the United States in 1994 in Mexico-Bulgaria (1-1 and 1 -3), in France in 1998 in Argentina-England (2-2 and 4-3), in Korea / Japan 2002 in Spain-Ireland (1-1 and 3-2), in Germany in 2006 in Switzerland-Ukraine ( 0-0 and 0-3) and South Africa 2010 in Paraguay-Japan (0-0 and 5-3).