By: Yaksh Desai Image credit: Google
The Quarter Finals of the 2022 FIFA world cup has commenced and this edition has been nothing short of pure drama and heart-wrenching football moments.
So far, Croatia and Argentina have advanced through to Semis and will face each other on Wednesday at 12:30 AM IST while it will be long trip back to home for Brazil and Netherland .
The Clash between Argentina and Netherlands was a close encounter and in fact, the winners of both the Quarterfinal matches were decided based on the outcome of Penalty kicks.
The Arg-Ned game went through significant ebbs and flows. And the men in blue peeped the dutches to win the game [2(4):2(3)]. However, Another talking point from that clash was the quality of refereeing
Even though Argentina won the game, Lionel Messi was utterly displeased with The Spanish football referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz.
Lahoz gave 13 yellow cards to players of Argentina and Holland for misbehavior during the game for which Lionel Messi and Aguero were very disappointed
Messi in the post-match interview said that he was afraid to speak about the referees because they might penalize him later. He also stated," I think FIFA must take care of this. It cannot put a referee like that for a match of such magnitude, of such importance".
Sergio Aguero tweeted, "I think the referee is losing the plot here". On the other hand, Argentina will now look to keep the winning momentum against Croatia and book their slot for the final.
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