The Algerian Football Federation (FAF) filed a complaint with the Fifa for two referee decisions that occurred in the World Cup match played last Wednesday against Argentina, in which the Albiceleste won 3-0 with a hat trick from Lionel Messi, as reported this Friday by the Algerian sports newspaper Competition.
The media, which claims to have obtained the information from official sources, explained that the organization sent a report in which it questions that Messi was not sanctioned by the Polish referee. Szymon Marciniak, after a tackle with his studs on the leg of the Algerian captain Aïssa Mandi.
In the opinion of the FAF, the Argentine star should have received a “disciplinary sanction”. Likewise, the Algerian entity reported an elbow by Argentine Alexis Mac Allister in the face of midfielder Ibrahim Maza, an action that was not punished by the referee either.
The federation also criticized thathttps://www.prensalibre.com/deportes/futbol-internacional/era-roja-para-messi-exarbitro-guatemalteco-jonathan-polanco-explica-por-que-la-entrada-sobre-mandi-debio-terminar-en-expulsion_breaking/ Marciniak will not review any of the two plays that involved players from the North African team in the VAR.
According to Competitionthe FAF considers that both incidents influenced the development of the match played at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, since, in their opinion, they could have led to expulsions that would have allowed Algeria to play part of the match with numerical superiority.