Egypt caput manager Hossam Hassan said the referee was "unfair" and claimed the World Cup was "directed towards Argentina" pursuing their melodramatic 3-2 decision successful the past 16.
Argentina scored 3 goals successful conscionable 13 minutes to steer them wide of a shocking exit arsenic reigning champions, which sets up a quarter-final with Colombia oregon Switzerland astatine 2am (UK and Ireland time) connected Sunday.
However, the melodramatic precocious victor was clouded by contention aft Hassan claimed his broadside were denied a punishment moments earlier Julian Alvarez kickstarted the counter-attack, which led to Enzo Fernandez's 92nd-minute header.
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Alvarez tackled Mohamed Salah wrong the punishment country and caught the guardant connected his ft earlier taking the ball. VAR did not look to cheque the incident.
Alexis Mac Allister besides pulled Hamdi Fathy down wrong the country moments earlier but play was waved on.
These incidents arrived aft Egypt had already had a extremity ruled retired for Zico earlier successful the crippled with the people astatine 1-0, pursuing a VAR cheque which deemed Lisandro Martinez had been fouled successful the build-up.
Speaking successful the property league aft the game, Hassan said: "Life is unfair. The satellite is unfair. Okay, but wherefore isn't determination immoderate fairness successful sports? I'm not convinced by this result and by the mode things unfolded successful this match.
"The referee is unfair, God is capable for maine and the champion disposer of affairs. He's wasting the effort of an full nation. The cupful is directed towards Argentina."
Hassan was booked by French referee Francois Letexier for protesting aft Argentina's victor erstwhile helium crossed his arms successful beforehand of him, which is the FIFA-backed awesome for players and coaches to alert the referee of a racist incident.
The Pharaohs brag did not notation to his motion aft the match, but added: "We haven't seen respect oregon just play.
"A punishment [for us] was ruled out, it was not adjacent checked by the VAR and our 2nd extremity was remarkably, for immoderate reason, disallowed.
"We person each seen the garment pulled backmost [by Mac Allister] and not adjacent a VAR check.
"There seems to person been unit connected the Argentine broadside connected the referee that has brought astir this outcome."
Sky Sports News has approached FIFA for comment.
Zico: I volition not speech astir the refereeing
Egypt guardant Zico, who scored but had different disallowed, was asked if his tears aft the crippled were for exiting the World Cup oregon the refereeing decisions his squad faced.
"Both. We were hard done by [the referee] today, and everyone saw that," helium said. "I won't speech astir thing similar this.
"We were winning 2-0. After the 2-0 result, everything went against america and worked against us. I don't adjacent cognize wherefore the 2nd extremity was disallowed.
"I don't spot immoderate crushed for it. But we indispensable look for a solution truthful that a 2nd extremity doesn't come. He wanted to disallow the 3rd 1 too, but convey God, God didn't assistance him success.
''The refereeing was evident successful beforehand of everyone. I won't speech astir it, the refereeing was clear. We had a extremity disallowed, and we had a penalty.
"The punishment was turned against america into a counter-attack goal.''
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