Lionel Messi got what he wanted, Mateu Lahoz sent home!

There are only 4 games left in the 2022 World Cup. The referees, to whom FIFA did not consider assigning functions in the matches to be played, began to return to their countries. One of these referees was the Spanish referee Mateu Lahoz, who broke the record by showing yellow cards to 15 players in the Netherlands-Argentina match.

Argentina, who won match after match, reacted more to Lahoz, who was disliked by either team. Messi stated that Lahoz is not a good referee and that referees who are not ready for their duty should not be involved in such matches.

The Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez also made fun of his captain: “He did everything possible for the Netherlands to score. He was constantly taking free kicks from the ground near the penalty area. He is useless, a bad referee ”.

STATEMENT OF MESSI

Lionel Messi reacted to referee Lahoz with the following words in the statements he made on the live broadcast after the Netherlands game;

“I don’t want to talk about the referee because you are not honest. If I speak, everything changes and they impose sanctions on you. FIFA should consider this, but it can’t. A good referee is required for such situations, they should not put in a referee who is not ready for the duty.”

INVESTIGATION STARTED

FIFA opened a disciplinary investigation against Lionel Messi and Emiliano Martínez, who reacted to the referee at the end of Argentina’s match, which eliminated the Netherlands on penalties in the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup in Russia.

THE WORLD CUP GOES IN HISTORY

Mateu Lahoz showed 15 yellow cards in the match, leading the match in which the most players received yellow cards in World Cup history.