Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) “🇫🇷🇲🇦 FIFA has handed France vs Morocco, a World Cup quarter-final, to an all-Arg” — TopicDigg

🇫🇷🇲🇦 FIFA has handed France vs Morocco, a World Cup quarter-final, to an all-Argentine officiating crew. That's the problem, because FIFA usually ships in referees from a neutral confederation to keep a match like this clean. This time it picked 5 officials from a country still trying to win the whole thing. Argentina's Facundo Tello leads the lot tomorrow. Referee, both assistants, fourth official, reserve. It's the first match at this World Cup run start to finish by a single nation. The optics are rough. Egypt's coach spent yesterday insisting the tournament was being bent to keep Argentina and Messi alive, and FIFA's answer, deliberate or not, was to staff a rival's quarter-final entirely with Argentine whistles. Source: Goal / Writer: Julie