Mateu Lahoz 'sent home from the World Cup' after Lionel Messi questioned his ability

According to reports, the remaining four World Cup games won’t see Mateu Lahoz refereeing. He’s sent home from Qatar. It was the dramatic quarter-final match between Argentina and the Netherlands, where the Spanish official was in charge. In the last match, he issued 15 yellow cards and also handed out a red card after Argentina’s victory in the penalty shootout to Denzel Dumfries.

Lahoz’s performance caused fury to both teams, but Argentina was more furious with the decisions of Lahoz.

Among the players who Lahoz booked was Messi. In a post-match interview, Lionel Messi vented his frustration by claiming not to allow Lahoz to officiate any further matches in the competition. The winner of seven Ballon d’Or said that he doesn’t want to “talk about the referee” because it draws sanctions on the player but said that “people watched what happened” and that this match “shouldn’t have ended” the way it did.



He added that referees like Lahoz shouldn’t be in charge of these matches and suggested that “FIFA has to review” this.

According to claims by COPE, a Spanish publication, Lahoz has already departed from Qatar and won’t be present during the semi-final, third-place playoffs, and final of this World Cup. So it seems that the wishes of the Paris Saint- Germain superstar got fulfilled.

Apart from Messi, Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez also lost his cool and said that the referee was ‘giving everything to the other team. The Aston Villa player explained that Argentina was controlling the game( he taught), and the referee gave everything to the Netherlands.

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