This afternoon, we announced in Mundo Deportivo that FIFA has decided to open a file with the AFA, the Argentine Football Federation, after what happened last night in the quarterfinal match against the Netherlands. A very tough match for 120 minutes and the subsequent penalty shootout was like in the locker room.
A responsive file, as made public by FIFA itself; for possible violations of articles 12 (Improper conduct of players and officials) and 16 (Order and security at matches).
Well, as this newspaper has learned, there are no participants in its opening. It was only because of too many Argentine players that the referee Mateu Lahoz reprimanded. Up to eight players besides coach Walter Samuel were reprimanded. They are Romero, Otamendi, Lautaro Martínez, Acuña, Messi, Gonzalo Montiel, Leandro Paredes and Pezzella.
And article 12 of the Disciplinary Code says this in this regard when there is an excessive number of precautions: “If a national team or a club behaves inappropriately (for example, if a referee imposes individual disciplinary penalty during a match with five or more players, or three or more players in the case of futsal), disciplinary measures may also be imposed on the relevant federation or club.”
Okay with the Federation
So, the normal thing is that this file is closed with a fine for the AFA but never for any of the players like Messi or Martínez for their words at the end of the match. The goalkeeper publicly expressed his disagreement with the harsh accusations against Mateu Lahoz: “The referee extended 10 minutes and wanted us to draw. He is the worst referee so far. Because Spain was left in the quarterfinals, he also wants us to be left.” .
Leo Messi also complained about the Spanish referee. Both at the end of the match and later in the locker room. But the former Barcelona player was not so blunt: “You can’t put in a referee who isn’t up to the importance of the game. We were scared before the game because we knew what this referee was”.
They also do not go into various incidents such as Paredes pitching on the Netherlands bench or the final celebration of the Albiceleste team where Paredes and Otamendi himself mocked the players of the orange team the moment Lautaro scored the winning goal.
It is unlikely that they will open a file in Portugal
This indicates that there is unlikely to be a file against Portugal for his words against referee Facundo Tello. The central defender is very angry with the referee’s decisions: “In the first half they scored a goal and after all the plays they stopped the referee couldn’t stop it. In the second half it was more of the same: a lot of wasted time, a lot of fouls, and I didn’t get yellow cards. Eight or nine referees in this match are Argentines, I may be wrong but I will give my feelings: I think they are going to give the Argentine Cup”. Bruno Fernandes was also tough, the United man was more critical and said that he believes that the World Cup already has a winner, that there is no other team than the Albiceleste: «Sadness is the word that defines what we feel because we are a team that needs to move on. If they give it to Argentina I don’t know. What I think, I will say what I think and they can be destroyed, it is very strange that our match has a referee from a country that is in the competition and there is no Portuguese”. And especially not when Portugal has been eliminated .
Source: La Verdad
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