World Cup 2022

Mateu Lahoz will not be officiating any of the remaining matches at the FIFA World Cup as he 'heads home from Qatar', according to COPE. The referee's last game was the feisty quarter-final encounter between Argentina and the Netherlands where he dished out 15 yellow cards. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Lahoz's performance was not well received by either team - with Argentina's stars particularly vocal about his poor officiating. Argentina's skipper and talisman, Lionel Messi, led the criticism of Lahoz after the match. He said: 'I don't want to speak about referees because after they will sanction you. But people saw what happened,' The 35-year-old added: 'I think Fifa must take care of this, it cannot put a referee like that for a match of s...

Kylian Mbappe was one of the many who responded to an Instagram post by Marcus Rashford after England's exit from the World Cup on Saturday. England vs France: Kylian Mbappe brutally blanked by Kyle Walker in tunnel Maguire & Gary Neville slam ‘joke’ referee after England’s World Cup exit Pepe blames Lionel Messi & Argentine referee for Portugal’s World Cup exit England suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Mbappe's France in the quarter-final stage, despite being the stronger team. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Aurelien Tchouameni opened the scoring for France with a long-range strike, before Harry Kane equalized from the penalty spot early on in the second half. Olivier Giroud scored what proved to be the decisive goal of the...

Cristiano Ronaldo has finally broken his silence after Portugal were eliminated out of the World Cup by Morocco. Argentina under investigation for World Cup rule breaches after Netherlands win Pepe blames Lionel Messi & Argentine referee for Portugal’s World Cup exit Erik ten Hag hits back at Ronaldo over Man Utd exit Ronaldo cut an emotional figure as he went straight down the tunnel in tears after seeing his dream come to an end in what is almost certain to be his last World Cup campaign. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The 37-year-old did not speak to the press in the mixed zone, while other teammates such as Pepe and Bruno Fernandes took aim at the referee and attempted to come to terms with the match result. But, he has now take...

France attacker Kylian Mbappe appeared to be brutally pied by England right-back Kyle Walker in the tunnel prior to Saturday night's World Cup quarter-final. Pepe blames Lionel Messi & Argentine referee for Portugal’s World Cup exit Maguire & Gary Neville slam ‘joke’ referee after England’s World Cup exit Louis van Gaal reveals private Argentina taunts before furious Messi argument After scoring five goals in the tournament, Mbappe was very much pinpointed as the dangerman for the France national team and he dominated much of the pre-match conversation.      (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In fact, Walker was asked about him at length and said he would not "roll out the red carpet", even adding that he found Bayern Munich's Sadio Mane to...

FIFA have confirmed Argentina are under investigation after the scenes during their World Cup quarter-final win over the Netherlands. Ronaldo’s partner blasts Portugal boss after World Cup exit Pepe blames Lionel Messi & Argentine referee for Portugal’s World Cup exit Lionel Messi clashed with Louis Van Gaal in the tunnel after Argentina win Lionel Scaloni's side needed penalties to get past Netherlands, after Wout Weghorst came off the bench to force extra-time with a late brace. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); But, that was not the only part of the story, with referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz issuing more than a dozen yellow cards and showing a red to Denzel Dumfries after the game ended. The outcome was a repeat of the 2014 semi-final,...

Harry Maguire and Gary Neville took aim at Brazilian referee Wilton Sampaio after England’s 2-1 defeat to France at the World Cup. England’s were left aggrieved by a number of decisions made by Sampaio throughout the game, including a key incident in the build up to France’s first goal as Bukayo Saka appeared to be fouled before Tchouameni’s long-range strike. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Sampaio then failed to award England a penalty for Theo Hernandez’s barge on Mason Mount and he needed the help of VAR to get to the right decision. Speaking after England’s World Cup elimination, Maguire claimed that no big decisions went in his team's favour and said the Brazilian official’s decision-making was ‘really poor’. ‘We’re hurt in there, really d...

Cristiano Ronaldo’s partner Georgina Rodríguez has blasted Portugal boss Fernando Santos after their World Cup defeat to Morocco on Saturday. Louis van Gaal reveals private Argentina taunts before furious Messi argument Pepe blames Lionel Messi & Argentine referee for Portugal’s World Cup exit Erik ten Hag hits back at Ronaldo over Man Utd exit Morocco became the first African country in history to advance to the semi-final stage after Youssef En-Nesyri’s header was enough to give them the win.      (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); This was very likely Ronaldo’s last ever World Cup game, and the 37-year-old forward ended it in floods of tears as he hurried down the tunnel after full-time. The former Manchester United star began the game in...