Diego Maradona voiced his displeasure in the officiating of last night’s 2-0 Argentina win over Greece in Polokwane. While his side eased through the group stages unscathed, the Albiceleste manager was enraged with the decisions of referee Irmatov, suggesting the Greeks were reckless with their challenges.
“We’ve said it many times before. For me it’s about Fair Play. Every time [Lionel] Messi had the ball [the Greeks] fouled him to get the ball,” said Maradona in a news conference after the game.
“The Greeks played hard, but were not punished.”
Of course Maradona didn’t mention the illegal challenges put in by his players, particularly considering three Greek players went down to injury after some rough-stuff by the biggest sourpusses in the tournament.
A less pro-Argentina look at the match will show that the Argentines were no saints in their tackling, and frankly the Greeks were the most legal of Argentina’s opponents so far in marking Messi and the rest of the Albicelestes.
In fact, world football might have found the anecdote to ‘La Pulga’ as Sokratis Papastathopoulos did an excellent job marking the Barcelona star, even picking Messi’s pocket on several occasions. Not to mention Sotiris Ninis showed the world a flash of his talent that has priced him at a near 10 million euros should Panathinaikos decide to sell the prodigal midfielder this summer.
So for Maradona to question the officiating that has frankly been pro-Argentina so far this World Cup is outrageous. I’ve said this before; Maradona has a golden horseshoe up his arse. Surviving his drug addiction and weight problems to ultimately become coach of Argentina at a time where the country has their best-ever roster equals hitting the jackpot of the biggest payout.
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