The Portuguese central defender Pepe left harsh criticism this Saturday for the choice of Argentine Facundo Tello to referee the match between Morocco and Portugal and left in the air that the title of world champion “will be given to Argentina”.
In the quick interview section, and after the Portuguese elimination 1-0, Pepe pointed out that there were “eight or nine referees and five of them Argentines” in the match. Then the accusation: “I can make a guess and I could be very wrong, but I have a lot of experience and I say that they are going to give the title to Argentina.”
Regarding the game, the player pointed out that the Moroccans “scored a goal” on the only occasion they got close to the national goal. “All” the plays that Portugal built have already been stopped “and the referee did not penalize the Moroccan players.”
In the second half, Pepe points out, “it was more of the same”, with goalkeeper Bounou “wasting time, many fouls and the referee didn’t issue a yellow card”.
The Portuguese soccer team said goodbye to the World Cup in Qatar after losing 1-0 to Morocco, debuting at this stage, at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha.
A goal from Youssef En Nesyri, in the 42nd minute, sealed the victory for the Moroccans, who became the first African team to reach the semifinals of a World Cup, while Portugal failed to repeat the ‘semifinals’ of 1966 and 2006.
Source: TSF
