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MOSCOW | Fifa "strongly" denounced Wednesday night the "insinuations" of Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona, about the refereeing of the 8th finals of the World Cup-2018 between Colombia and England, the Three Lions tearing the qualification on penalties (1-1, 4-3 tab).
In a Venezuelan TV show, Maradona had estimated that Colombians had been victims of a "monumental flight" by US referee Mark Geiger , about a "penalty kick" (kick of repair) whistled for a fault of Carlos Sanchez on Harry Kane (57th). "Fifa is still old and rigged," even launched the Argentine star.
"Fifa is sorry to read such statements from a player who wrote the history of our sport," laments
"The additional comments and insinuations are totally unfounded and inappropriate", considers Fifa, which "strongly condemns the criticisms of the referees' performance as positive," given the issues surrounding the
In addition to Maradona, Colombia's captain Radamel Falcao also questioned the "partiality" of the referee.
England received a penalty kick after a flagrant foul Carlos Sanchez, transformed by Harry Kane (57th). Yerry Mina equalized late in the game (90 + 3) but the English ended up winning on penalties.
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