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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 "firmly rejects" criticism of the legendary Argentine at the US referee Mark Geiger charged with whistling the match that England beat Colombia in the round of 16 of the World Cup.
It was the most recent controversy in Maradona – FIFA's official ambassador and one of the flags of his Legends initiative which aims to highlight the retired footballers – at a World Cup where he attended matches of FIFA
FIFA is at the forefront of Maradona, which in a broadcast program Telesur the regional channel based in Venezuela, assured that the result of the party in Moscow was a "flight" mon umental ".
Maradona was photographed before the match with a Colombian jersey.
L & # 39; England has qualified for the quarter-finals imposing on penalties after a 1-1 1-1 draw in which frequent interruptions and player discussions with Geiger, a former high school teacher of New Jersey
FIFA noted that "insinuations" of Maradona were "completely inappropriate and without any foundation". He added in a statement that he "was very sorry to read such statements from a footballer who wrote the history of our sport."
FIFA had tolerated incidents of Maradona in Russia including one that the captain of the 1986 World Cup champion had to explain his account Facebook
It s 39; is excused for making a discriminatory gesture towards a South Korean fan at the start of the World Cup in Argentina. . Maradona noted that the press was looking for starters for a minor incident and also broke the rules at the stadium while smoking a cigarette.
In addition, FIFA's official signal showed Maradona when he made an obscene gesture with the two fingers of their hands, after Argentina scored a late goal for 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.
FIFA had a turbulent history Maradona was a bitter critic of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter but he 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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