NIZNHY NOVGOROD (Russia): Argentine nice Diego Maradona stated England perpetrated a "monumental robbery" in their World Cup victory over Colombia and accused referee Mark Geiger of not being as much as this sort of game.
Maradona, notorious in England for his well-known 'Hand of God' purpose on the 1986 match, stated the American reputable should have penalised Harry Kane slightly than give a penalty for a nasty by means of Colombia's Carlos Sanchez all the way through Tuesday's knockout match.
"Today I saw a monumental robbery on the pitch... a fatal mistake for a whole country," he stated of the incident that put England 1-Zero forward in the second one half.
"Here's a gentleman who decides, a referee who, if you Google him, shouldn't be given a match of this magnitude... Geiger, an American, what a coincidence," Maradona added on his nightly World Cup display for Venezuela-based Telesur broadcaster.
TV photographs showed Maradona wildly celebrating Colombia's overdue equaliser that took Tuesday's Round of 16 match to 1-1 and additional time. But he used to be despondent when England gained a penalty shootout, taking them right into a quarter-final in opposition to Sweden.
The ever-controversial former World Cup winner also pointed the finger at Pierluigi Collina, head of FIFA's referee committee, for allowing Geiger's designation.
"I'm just sorry for the whole Colombian people," Maradona stated. "I cheered Colombia's goal as if I had headed it myself."
Maradona, notorious in England for his well-known 'Hand of God' purpose on the 1986 match, stated the American reputable should have penalised Harry Kane slightly than give a penalty for a nasty by means of Colombia's Carlos Sanchez all the way through Tuesday's knockout match.
"Today I saw a monumental robbery on the pitch... a fatal mistake for a whole country," he stated of the incident that put England 1-Zero forward in the second one half.
"Here's a gentleman who decides, a referee who, if you Google him, shouldn't be given a match of this magnitude... Geiger, an American, what a coincidence," Maradona added on his nightly World Cup display for Venezuela-based Telesur broadcaster.
TV photographs showed Maradona wildly celebrating Colombia's overdue equaliser that took Tuesday's Round of 16 match to 1-1 and additional time. But he used to be despondent when England gained a penalty shootout, taking them right into a quarter-final in opposition to Sweden.
The ever-controversial former World Cup winner also pointed the finger at Pierluigi Collina, head of FIFA's referee committee, for allowing Geiger's designation.
"I'm just sorry for the whole Colombian people," Maradona stated. "I cheered Colombia's goal as if I had headed it myself."
Maradona calls English win 'monumental robbery'
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