Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal are now out of the World Cup. The star-studded team made a tearful exit from the footballing giants with a 1-0 loss to Morocco. However, after this match, two important members of Portugal, Bruno Fernandez and Pepe, complained against the Argentine referee. Pepe said that he has been treated in a biased manner, FIFA can now give the trophy to Argentina!
In the match against Morocco, several decisions of the referee went against Portugal. Veteran defender Pepe and the team's star midfielder Bruno Fernandez therefore publicly criticized Argentine referee Facundo Teyor, who was in charge of the match.
39-year-old Pepe said, after what happened yesterday (Argentina-Netherlands match), it is not acceptable to choose an Argentine referee to manage today's match. Messi and other Argentine players complained about the refereeing. I am not saying that today's incident is related to that match. But, what did we play in the second half? The Moroccan goalkeeper wasted a lot of time. And only 8 minutes have been given as extra time! With what has happened, it seems that FIFA can now give the trophy to Argentina.
Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandez has also been named in the complaint list. After the qualification of Argentina, Bruno is unable to understand why the Argentine referee was appointed in the Portugal match. Said, I don't know if they will give the cup to Argentina or not. I will say what I think. Argentina is still in the World Cup. So I was surprised to have an Argentinian referee in charge of our match.
However, not all the players in the Portugal squad are finding issues behind the loss. Bernardo Silva's speech did not match Pepe-Bruno's. The fact that they could not play a game like going to the last four, comes out in Silva's confession. He said he had to play against an aggressive and competitive team. We are a bit disappointed. The team spirit was great. I thought I could go to semi. But I couldn't. My condolences to the people of Portugal. Morocco went to the semi-finals as the more qualified team.
Coach Fernando Santos' voice echoed Silva's words. He said, everyone has to work hard to come so far. Portugal could not control the game in the first half. The players could not make use of several opportunities. Santos talked about missing opportunities in the second half as well. Here is Pepe's goal miss indicated by the coach? In the last minute of extra time, the best opportunity to score a goal missed the post of Pepe who criticized the referee!
