Messi is in danger of being banned from the World Cup semi-finals, Ronaldo is splashed by fans after Portugal's loss

The heat of the 2022 World Cup is playing out across the planet. It can be said that this year's season, despite bringing many surprises to the audience, also left many regrets when football stars like Ronaldo and Neymar had to stop earlier than expected.

Currently, global fans are probably turning their eyes to Messi's World Cup dream as he and his teammates have won tickets to this year's semi-finals. However, the joy did not last long, FIFA opened an investigation around the drastic reaction of the players to the referee during the quarter-final match between Argentina and the Netherlands. In particular, star Messi is likely to be suspended in the semi-finals for publicly criticizing referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz.

Argentina has overcome a series of suffocating "gun battles" to win tickets to the 2022 World Cup semi-finals, but Lionel Messi is still not satisfied with referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz. Messi said: 'He shouldn't have whistled such an important match'.

Spanish referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz had an incredible game when he issued 15 yellow cards to penalize players from both Argentina and the Netherlands, but he also had many controversial decisions.

Messi was not satisfied with referee Lahoz's ability to operate. He said: "I don't want to talk about the referee because then they will punish you. But indeed we were scared before the game because we know what he is like. I think FIFA has to look at this, they Shouldn't have put him in such an important match, he's not qualified."

It can be said that the last minutes of the match were extremely hot, when the players of the two teams constantly collided and clashed with each other. Referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz repeatedly went to both teams' benches to try to calm the situation but to no avail.

That's why he kept drawing cards "to the point of hand fatigue". 15 yellow cards is also a record number in a World Cup match. Miraculously, no one was sent off until the game was over.

After the match, referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz was fiercely attacked by both Argentina and the Netherlands.

Facing the extreme reaction of the two teams, FIFA has launched an investigation. According to Spanish newspaper Marca, FIFA's statement confirmed that the Disciplinary Subcommittee will consider disciplinary action against the Argentine Football Association and the respective players because they have violated articles 12 and 16 of FIFA, as a result of their actions. differentials of players and officials at matches. The Dutch Football Federation will also be fined similarly.

In particular, the famous player Messi, due to directly criticizing the referee, should be conjectured that he may miss the semi-final against Croatia and the next matches of the Argentina team if convicted.

Argentina have reached the semi-finals and raised hopes of winning the World Cup for the first time since 1986. They will face Croatia, but with the yellow cards received, Argentina will be without two pillars, Marcos Acuna and Gonzalo Montiel.

As for Cristiano Ronaldo, after losing to Morocco, he turned from a hero to a failure, even being attacked by a part of fans.

According to Record (Portugal), Cristiano Ronaldo was splashed with water from a plastic bottle by a fan when he moved outside the touchline during halftime of the match on the evening of December 10.

The action of this extremist fan was immediately strongly opposed. The security staff then removed the aforementioned fan from the field.

In recent days, Portuguese media reported that Ronaldo wanted to leave the team because he had to sit on the bench in the match against Switzerland in the round of 16 (December 7). However, after that, Ronaldo and the Portuguese Football Federation both spoke out against the rumors.

Cristiano Ronaldo did not start in the match between Morocco and Portugal. The 37-year-old player has the second game to sit on the bench. It was not until the 51st minute that Ronaldo was kicked into the field by coach Fernando Santos when Morocco was leading 1-0.

With the participation in the quarter-finals, Ronaldo went down in history when he equaled Bader Al-Mutawa (Kuwait)'s record for the most appearances for a male player in the national team. Both played 196 matches for their national teams.

During his time on the field, Ronaldo was unable to score. He touched the ball 10 times, hit 1 shot on target, made 1 cross, and lost the ball 5 times in 39 minutes.

After 90 minutes, Morocco won 1-0 thanks to En-Nesyri's 42-minute goal. For Ronaldo personally, this is probably the last World Cup of his career. The former Real Madrid player has not been in good form and lost his starting place in the Portugal national team in this tournament.

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