The Egyptian Football Association has criticized refereeing decisions in Egypt’s dramatic 3-2 World Cup round-of-16 defeat by Argentina, saying it will not remain silent over what it described as the improper use of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system.
🔴 حسام حسن المدير الفني لمنتخب مصر بعد مواجهة الأرجنتين:
⭕ مصر خسرت "لأسباب تسويقية"
⭕ الجهات المسؤولة كانت ترغب في تأهل الأرجنتين
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Egypt head coach Hossam Hassan has said the referee was "unfair" and claimed the World Cup was "directed towards Argentina" following their dramatic 3-2 defeat in the last 16 ⚽️
🚨🗣️ 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Hossam Hassan (Egypt) with a RANT!
"It's all about money. They want Messi to stay in the tournament.
In football, many things happen off the pitch because of interests.
What happened was unfair.
Egypt deserved to qualify. We were the better team against Argentina."
🚨🗣️ Zlatan Ibrahimović: "I don't understand how Argentina always gets favoured by FIFA, they clearly disallowed a legal goal of Egypt and they gave Argentina 8 Penalties in the last 12 World Cup games, I don't understand why the other countries are letting it happen".
Many people don’t know this, but the crossed-arms “X” signal is FIFA’s universal gesture for reporting racist abuse.
When a player, coach, or team official makes that signal, they’re informing the referee that racist abuse has occurred. It is meant to trigger FIFA’s three-step anti-racism protocol: first stop the match, then suspend it if the abuse continues, and ultimately abandon the match if it doesn’t stop.
Today, Egypt manager Hossam Hassan made the “X” gesture from the touchline. Instead of initiating the protocol, the referee booked Hassan with a yellow card and allowed play to continue.
It was a foul, but for better or worse it was reviewed and called and the goal disallowed. Meanwhile, almost identical circumstance with teams reversed, and there was no foul or review. Love or hate VAR, but applying it consistently isn’t too much to ask.