@FIFAcom@FIFAWorldCup Before asking who’ll lift the trophy, perhaps explain why so many fans are questioning the officiating in the England–Argentina semi-final. Trust in the game depends on transparency.
@RaulAllegre No one is questioning how he got to this level. They’re questioning his decisions in this match: repeated apparent fouls going unpunished, few early cautions, and incidents many believe deserved harsher action. That’s why his performance is under scrutiny.
@Muhamme85656244@FIFAWorldCup Exactly. 💯🟥 This has never been about one team. It’s about consistency, and the same standard clearly wasn’t applied. FIFA needs to answer for it.
@FIFAWorldCup Fans deserve answers. How were so many apparent fouls in the England vs Argentina semi-final allowed to go unpunished? The officiating by Ismail Elfath left a lot of people questioning the consistency of refereeing standards. #ENGARG#FIFAWorldCup#Pierluigi
🚨A CLOSER LOOK AT ENZO FERNANDEZ'S PUNCH TO ANDERSON BEHIND THE SKULL
THIS IS AN ILLEGAL MOVE EVEN IN MMA AND BOXING KNOWN AS THE RABBIT'S PUNCH. WHAT COULD RESULT IN A DISQUALIFICATION EVEN IN COMBAT SPORTS DOESN'T EVEN GET A YELLOW CARD FOR ARGENTINA
VAR NEVER INTERVENES🤯
@Beeaalee As a referee, what’s your view on the incidents where Anderson appears to be struck from behind and Bellingham appears to be grabbed around the neck? Would you normally consider those acceptable, or do you see them differently?
England's problem against Argentina will not be Lionel Messi, their biggest problem will be the referee Ismail Elfath.
Let's go through this together, because once you see it, you can't unsee it.
1. A very strange looking draw, Argentina gets the easiest group ever in a history of a world cup in Group J - Argentina, Algeria, Austria, Jordan.
2. For the first time in a world cup history, a side ( Argentina) has reached the Semi-Afon without facing a single FIFA top 15 nations or former world cup winner .
3. Argentina is the team that has travelled the least in the entire tournament, no worries about long distance travel, big coincidence .
4. Argentina is the team that has played most matches at night to avoid the heat, very convenient.
5.l don’t the help they've gotten in every single match starting with Algeria: Messi caught Aïssa Mandi with his studs. No card. No VAR review.
6. 🇦🇹 Austria: Mac Allister appeared to foul Schlager before Messi’s goal. Austria protested, but VAR allowed the goal.
7. 🇨🇻 Cape Verde: Vozinha wasn't even done setting up his wall, but Messi took the freekick and the referee allowed it
8. 🇪🇬 Egypt: A brilliant Egyptian goal was ruled out for an alleged foul at the very start of the move, over 80 metres from goal.
9.🇨🇭Switzerland: Embolo was sent off after VAR intervened for an alleged dive near midfield for simulation.
10.🇨🇭 Switzerland: simulation is giving a yellow when there's a player in the box feigning a penalty, it is never given in the middle of a pitch, one of the most unusual VAR decisions fans have seen.
Either England witness the biggest World Cup robbery in history again, or they beat both Argentina and FIFA. There’s no in-between. 👀
@residualimage England didn’t lose because of one referee. But saying he had a “fine game” ignores the repeated unpunished fouls and poor game management that so many people noticed.
@andydaviesref I’m really struggling with “no key decisions wrong.” What about the images of Fernández striking Anderson in the back of the head, or Messi wrapping Bellingham up around the neck? Did we watch the same match?