white Moroccan fans and players were
over the moon ,after their Victory.
Portugal players were unhappy with the
Argentine referee, in charge of their one
nil World Cup quarter-final defeat by
Morocco. claiming his nationality
impacted the game. the match referee
Tello, his two assistants and the video
assistant referee were all from
Argentina . a country which has become
Portugal’s rival due to the fierce
competition between Cristiano Ronaldo
and Lionel Messi. Portugal veteran Pepe
lashed out at Telo and claimed that an
Argentine should not have been
officiating their match.
in the
post-match interaction Pepe said , and I
quote it’s unacceptable for an Argentine
referee, to referee our game after what
happened yesterday with Messi talking.
all of Argentina talking and the referee
comes here after what I saw today. they
can give the title to Argentina now,
meanwhile Bruno Fernandez protested
about the lack of injury time with
Portugal , criticizing the time-wasting
tactics of the Moroccans . he also said
that referees from teams still involved
in the tournament should not be
appointed to matches.