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Doha: Lionel Messi said referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz should not have officiated Argentina’s tempestuous shootout victory over the Netherlands in the World Cup quarter-finals at Lusail Stadium. FIFA World Cup: Fixtures | Results | Points Table | Squads | Records Argentina won on penalties early on Saturday after a dramatic 2-2 draw in which Dutch substitute Wout Weghorst scored twice late on, including a last-gasp equaliser from a short free-kick awarded when German Pezzella shoved over Weghorst. “After they got the draw I felt a lot of anger,” said Messi. “I don’t want to talk about the referee, because they immediately reprimand you or sanction you, but I think people saw what happened. “FIFA has to review that, it can’t give a referee like that a match of this importance, when they’re not up to the task.“He added: “We didn’t have a great game, and then the referee sent it to extra time. He was always against us. In the last play, it was not a foul.”
Mateu Lahoz gave 15 yellow cards, including two in the shoot-out:
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◉ Acuña
◉ Romero
◉ Weghorst
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Mateu Lahoz showed 16 yellow cards in total, with Netherlands wing-back Denzel Dumfries sent off after the penalty shootout for a second booking. Messi had scored his fourth goal of the tournament from the spot in the 73rd minute after an earlier assist for Nahuel Molina’s opener. Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was the hero , saving the Netherlands’ first two penalties before Lautaro Martinez struck the winning kick. “We didn’t want extra time or penalties,” said Messi. “We suffered too much because of how everything happened, but it is the quarter-finals of a World Cup. “We knew how to suffer when it was our turn, but we got through to the semi-finals. It’s beautiful, something impressive.” Read all the Latest News , Trending News , Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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