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Egyptian FA questions ‘fairness’ of loss to Argentina amid refereeing furore
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Goal YASSER IBRAHIM (Egypt) scores!!
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Yellow card SAAFAN ELSAGHIR (Staff) (Egypt) is booked
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Goal MOSTAFA ZICO (Egypt) scores!!
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Goal Cristian ROMERO (Argentina) scores!!
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Goal Lionel MESSI (Argentina) scores!!
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Goal Enzo FERNANDEZ (Argentina) scores!!
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Yellow card HAMDY FATHY (Egypt) is booked by
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Yellow card HAISSEM HASSAN (Egypt) is booked by
Argentina squad
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3 Nicolas TAGLIAFICO Defender
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5 Leandro PAREDES Midfielder
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6 Lisandro MARTINEZ Defender
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7 Rodrigo DE PAUL Midfielder
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9 Julian ALVAREZ Forward
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10 Lionel MESSI C Forward
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13 Cristian ROMERO Defender
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20 Alexis MAC ALLISTER Midfielder
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23 Emiliano MARTINEZ Goalkeeper
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24 Enzo FERNANDEZ Midfielder
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26 Nahuel MOLINA Defender
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1 Juan MUSSO Goalkeeper
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2 Marcos SENESI Defender
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4 Gonzalo MONTIEL Defender
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8 Valentin BARCO Midfielder
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11 Giovani Lo Celso Midfielder
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12 Geronimo RULLI Goalkeeper
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14 Exequiel PALACIOS Midfielder
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15 Nico GONZALEZ Midfielder
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16 Thiago ALMADA Forward
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17 Giuliano SIMEONE Forward
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18 Nico PAZ Forward
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19 Nicolas OTAMENDI Defender
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21 Jose Manuel LOPEZ Forward
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22 Lautaro MARTINEZ Forward
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25 Facundo MEDINA Defender
Egypt squad
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2 YASSER IBRAHIM Defender
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3 MOHAMED HANY Defender
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5 RAMY RABIA Defender
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8 EMAM ASHOUR Midfielder
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10 MOHAMED SALAH C Forward
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11 MOSTAFA ZICO Midfielder
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12 Haissem HASSAN Forward
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15 KARIM HAFEZ Defender
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17 MOHANAD LASHIN Midfielder
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19 MARAWAN ATTIA Midfielder
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23 MOSTAFA SHOUBIR Goalkeeper
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1 MOHAMED ELSHENAWY Goalkeeper
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4 HOSSAM ABDELMAGUID Defender
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7 TREZEGUET Forward
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9 HAMZA ABDELKARIM Forward
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14 HAMDY FATHY Midfielder
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16 MAHDY SOLIMAN Goalkeeper
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18 NABIL DONGA Midfielder
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20 IBRAHIM ADEL Forward
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21 MAHMOUD SABER Midfielder
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22 OMAR MARMOUSH Forward
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24 TAREK ALAA Defender
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25 ZIZO Forward
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26 MOHAMED ALAA Goalkeeper
- Full squad
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6 MOHAMED ABDELMONEIM Defender
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13 AHMED FATOUH Defender
The Egyptian Football Association has publicly questioned the "fairness" of the national team's 3-2 defeat to Argentina in their World Cup last-16 tie in Atlanta on Tuesday, issuing a statement strongly critical of the officiating. The FA said the refereeing decisions and the "failure to make appropriate use" of the video assistant referee system had "raised serious concerns" over the consistency and fairness of calls that shaped the game. The intervention backs manager Hossam Hassan, who claimed his side had "suffered injustice" and that Egypt were the better team and deserved to qualify.
Egypt led 1-0 through Yasser Ibrahim and thought they had gone 2-0 up when Mostafa Ziko scored, only for referee François Letexier to disallow it for a foul by Marwan Attia in the buildup. Ziko did make it 2-0 on 67 minutes before Cristian Romero and Lionel Messi levelled at 2-2, and Egypt were then denied a penalty for Julián Alvarez's injury-time challenge on Mohamed Salah moments before Enzo Fernández scored the winner. Despite the disappointment, Egypt leave the tournament having recorded their first World Cup win, first progression from the group stage and first knockout win, while Argentina advance to face Switzerland in the quarter-finals.
In short
- Egyptian FA questions fairness of 3-2 World Cup loss to Argentina.
- Disallowed goal and denied injury-time penalty fuelled the anger.
- Egypt exit after a historic first knockout run.