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The FIFA lost patience with the behavior of Diego Maradona in the World Cup .
The governing body of world football said Wednesday that "overwhelmingly rejects" criticism of the legendary Argentine to the American referee Mark Geiger charged with whistling the game that England won Colombia in the round of 16 World.
This was the most recent controversy involving Maradona – official ambassador of the FIFA and one of the banners of his Legends initiative that aims to highlight the retired footballers – during a World in which he attended the games mainly as a luxury guest of the FIFA.
The FIFA overtook Maradona who in a program broadcast by Telesur, the regional channel based in Venezuela, declared that the result of the game in Moscow was a "monumental flight".
Maradona was photographed before the match with a shirt from Colombia.
England has qualified for the quarter-finals, imposing on penalties after a 1-1 draw in which breaks and discussions with the players were frequent with Geiger a former high school teacher from New Jersey.
FIFA noted that the "insinuations" of Maradona were "completely inappropriate and without any foundation". He added in a statement that he "extremely regretted reading such statements by a footballer who wrote the history of our sport".
FIFA had tolerated previous incidents of Maradona in Russia, including one that the captain of the 1986 World Cup champion had to explain on his Facebook account .
He apologized for making a discriminatory gesture towards a South Korean supporter during Argentina's debut at the World Cup, a draw against Iceland at Moscow. Maradona noted that the press was looking for starters for a minor incident and also broke the rules in the stadium while smoking a cigar.
In addition, the official signal of the FIFA showed Maradona when he made an obscene gesture with the two major of his hands, after Argentina scored a late goal to beat Nigeria 2-1 in St. Petersburg. In this same game, was captured in videos and photos that circulated on social networks and in which he is appreciated to be indisposed and receives help to leave the podium and enter a box of luxury.
The FIFA had an eventful history with Maradona in his playing and coaching career.
Maradona was a bitter critic of former FIFA president Joseph Blatter but was again honored with the organization when Gianni Infantino was elected in 2016. He went to the Kremlin in Moscow last December to take part in the 2018 World Cup draw.
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