🫣 Worst display of the World Cup: Ittrich sees overwhelmed ref
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France battled past Paraguay to secure victory in the World Cup round of 16. But after the match, most of the talk was about the referee.
"It was the worst performance at this World Cup," Patrick Ittrich said bluntly on 'Magenta TV'. The referee, Ilgiz Tantashev from Uzbekistan, had been "overwhelmed" by the match and let the Paraguay players get away with too many fouls.
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A statistic from 'The Athletic' highlights the imbalance: the South Americans committed 13 fouls but went through the entire match without a single booking. Only after the final whistle did assistant coach Gonzalez see yellow for dissent. By comparison, Barcola, Koné and Olise were each shown yellow cards for France.
According to the data portal 'Opta', it was also the first time since the 1998 World Cup match against Nigeria that Paraguay did not receive a single card.
"That's unbelievable," Ittrich said on 'Magenta TV' in reference to that statistic. He said he had been "shaking his head the whole game" because the referee left too many fouls against Mbappé and Co. unpunished.
"I didn't know Paraguay could commit 30 fouls without getting a yellow card," Rayan Cherki said in the mixed zone after the final whistle, referring to the referee. "If we have to get our hands dirty, we'll do it. They thought we'd show up in tuxedos to play, but we also know how to play dirty football," Mbappé also made clear after the match. Morocco will therefore likely be on alert in the quarter-finals.
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