Jakarta, CNNI Indonesia —
Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernando surprised by FIFA’s decision to bring in a referee from Argentina, Facundo Tello, when they were defeated by Morocco in the quarter-finals World Cup 2022.
According to Fernandes, referees whose countries are still competing at the World Cup should not be first on duty to avoid suspicion.
“I will say what I have to say. It is strange that there are referees whose national teams are still competing and there are no Portuguese referees,” Fernandes said quoting from Daily mail.
The referees for the four 2022 World Cup quarter-final matches are from England, Spain, Argentina and Brazil respectively.
Fernandes felt that the referee who presided over the Morocco-Portugal match was inexperienced in conducting big matches, which led to decision errors.
“Our referees lead the Champions League, so they have the quality and level to referee matches here. They don’t referee in the Champions League, they’re not used to this type of game, they don’t have the rhythm for matches like this,” he explained. fernandes.
“They were clearly leaning to one side. I obviously took a penalty in the first half. I was isolated and never in my life will I let myself down when I’m alone in front of the goalkeeper and can shoot on target in those situations,” he continued. accusations of doing immersion.
In addition to Fernandes, Pepe also protested the choice of referee Facundo Tello in the match that ended Portugal’s transfer to the 2022 World Cup.
(nva/rhr)
