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Fifa "strongly" denounced on Wednesday evening the "insinuations" of the Argentine football legend Diego Maradona about the refereeing of the 8th finals of the 2018 World Cup between Colombia and England , the Three Lions pulling out the qualification on penalties (1-1, 4 tab to 3). In a Venezuelan TV show, Maradona had estimated that Colombians had been the victims of a "monumental robbery" by US referee Mark Geiger over a whistle for Carlos Sanchez fouling Harry Kane ( 57th). "Fifa is still old and rigged", had even launched the Argentine star.
"Fifa is sorry to read such statements from a player who wrote the history of our sport," said the court. "The additional comments and insinuations are totally unfounded and inappropriate", considers FIFA, which "strongly condemns the criticism of the referees' performance as positive," given the issues surrounding the meeting.
Falcao doubted the referee's bias
In addition to Maradona, Colombia's captain Radamel Falcao also questioned the "partiality" of the referee. England received a penalty after a flagrant foul by Carlos Sanchez, converted by Harry Kane (57). Yerry Mina equalized at the end of the game (90 + 3) but the English ended up winning on penalties.
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