18 yellow and one red

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  • The Spanish referee leaves his mark on the most controversial match of the tournament and squanders his chances of whistling the final

The international fan discovered the particular management that Antonio Mateu Lahoz usually carries out. The Spanish referee exhibited his particular style in a duel that may have deprived him of whistling the final. He was one of the candidates. The work that he did in the Netherlands-Argentina eliminates almost all the options for him to govern the most important game in soccer.

Mateu Lahoz left 18 yellow and one red to remember. They do not come close to the absolute record of the Russian Valentin Ivanov who showed 20 yellows and four reds in the Portugal-Netherlands game in 2006. But yes made his mark Mateu being the first to show so many cards to the benches (three) and, above all, to show three yellow cards and one red in the penalty shootout: Denzel Dumfries was sent off with the game over.

He equally unhinged the Dutch (he penalized them with 30 fouls) and the Argentines (they received 8 yellow cards), who demanded, above all, the unjustifiable reason, in his opinion, for which he extended the game by ten minutes. Starting the eleventh minute, Wout Weghorst tied by scoring 2-2 and sent the outcome to overtime.

Mateu Lahoz was “happy” with his performance, and he expressed it on his Twitter profile. But he also expressed feeling sad about the situations that occurred during the duel.

only the official FIFA tally allows you to specify the number of cards that appeared. There were eight for the Netherlands (Timber, Weghorst -when he was a substitute- Memphis, Berghuis, Bergwijn -on the bench-, Dumfries (two) and Lang), and ten for Argentina: Walter Samuel (Scaloni’s assistant), Acuña, Romero, Lisandro , Paredes, Scaloni, Messi, Otamendi, Montiel and Pezzella). Mateu was accompanied by his usual assistants (Pau Cebriá and Roberto Díaz) and the fourth referee was the South African Víctor Gomes.

the last contenders

The tendency of FIFA is to alternate referees from different confederations in the final of each World Cup. The unwritten theory is that the chosen one would be a European referee, although the name of the last participants makes it difficult. Mateu, 45 years old and international since 2011, has the trump card in favor of his experience and category. The one from Qatar is the second World Cup he whistled at Euro 2020 and was designated for the final of the Champions League 2021 between Chelsea and Manchester City.

The final stretch of the tournament reduces the options of the referees with that of the semifinalist countries. Those designated for the round of 16 and the four finals are usually the favorites for the final match. The elimination of Spain strengthened Mateu’s candidacy, in the same way that it undermined the possibilities of the Argentine referees Facundo Tello and Fernando Rapallini, that of the English Michael Oliver or Anthony Taylor and that of the French Clement Turpin. Italian Daniele Orsato, another contender, whistled the opening game.

Messi, very angry

“I don’t want to talk about the referees because later they penalize you, you can’t be honest and say what you think, but people saw what it was,” said a very angry Messi, who did want to talk about the referee. Of Mateu Lahoz, an old acquaintance of the League. “We were scared before the game because we knew what it was, and FIFA should anticipate that. You can’t put a referee like that, in a game of such similarity and importance and that the referee is not up to the task,” the captain dispatched. , which, however, was favored by the criteria of Mateu Lahoz. He admonished him for a protest and forgave him a clear yellow card for hitting the ball with his hand.

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He went further in his appraisals. emiliano I drew Martinez, the goalkeeper of Argentina. “It’s crazy, arrogant. You tell him something and he speaks badly to you, “he commented, to accuse him of bias:” Since Spain was left out, He wanted us to stay out too & rdquor ;, he claimed. Lionel Scaloni preferred to bite his tongue. “I’m not going to talk about the referee. I know him personally, I even have a great relationship with him, and I want to close that issue. Luckily, the game ended well and that’s it”.

Mateu, happy and sad

Mateu Lahoz was “happy” with his performance, and he expressed it on his Twitter profile. But he also said he felt “sad” by Messi’s and Martínez’s statements qualifying his performance.



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