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Lionel Messi gets his wish! Unpopular referee Mateu Lahoz 'is sent HOME from
the World Cup with Argentina's win over Holland his last game in Qatar' -
with Spanish official dishing out an incredible 15 yellow cards in feisty
quarter-final
Mateu Lahoz will not be officiating any of the remaining games at the World
Cup as he 'heads home from Qatar', according to COPE.
The referee's final game was the feisty quarter-final clash between Argentina
and Holland where he dished out an incredible 15 yellow cards.
Lahoz's performance was not well received by either team - with Argentina's
players particularly vocal about his officiating.
Argentina's captain and talisman, Lionel Messi, led the criticism of Lahoz
following the game.
Messi said: 'I don't want to speak about referees because after they will
sanction you. But people saw what happened,'
The 35-year-old continued: 'I think Fifa must take care of this, it cannot
put a referee like that for a match of such magnitude, of such importance.
The referee cannot fail to be up to the task.'
It would appear that Messi has been granted his wish by Fifa - not allowing
him to officiate in the semi-finals or the final.
Argentina 'keeper Emi Martinez joined his skipper in criticising the
official's display.
Martinez said: 'The referee was just giving everything for them.
'He gave 10 minutes [added time] for no reason. He was giving free-kicks
outside the box for them, like two, three times. He just wanted them to
score, that's basically it. So, hopefully we don't have that ref anymore.
He's useless.'
Despite their criticism of the referee, unlike Lahoz, Argentina's World Cup
campaign continues.
Messi and Co. face Croatia in the semi-finals as they look to book a place in
the World Cup final.
小公主生涯最大挫敗？竟然要被送回家
沒有進延長賽的話，他的表現可能就正常發揮？只是把比賽吹得很破碎
延長賽時間很明顯不敢給牌，連自己也記不得還有誰沒拿牌
因該勇敢一點，該給還是要給，兩邊都有可以雙黃換一紅下場的人選
其他阿根廷球員的抱怨就...他們可以抱怨裁判不好啦
但阿根廷是得利的那邊吧