Lionel Scaloni’s team reached the stage of the best four of the tournament after suffering in the 120 minutes of regulation time, which ended with the score 2-2. Now they will face Croatia, who eliminated Brazil earlier, also from penalties.
Martínez, who became the hero of the “albiceleste” after stopping the first two shots in the shootout, described Mateu Lahoz as “the worst referee of the Cup”,
Meanwhile, the Argentine captain asked FIFA to review his participation in the most important instances of the tournament. “I have a lot of anger (rage), because as I told you, it was not for it to end like this (the game) (…) FIFA has to review that, they cannot put a referee like that for a game like that”, he said, regretting that the judge was not “up to the task”.
“We suffered too unfairly (…) not only for the (additional) minutes, but for the entire game, many details that within the grip you realize that (the game) wants to tilt it to you,” Messi added.
Mateu Lahoz, 45, has recently led several Champions League matches and the Spanish press said he was one of the candidates to lead the World Cup final, to be held on December 18.
Source: Ambito
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