{"id":2992,"date":"2026-07-07T15:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/egypts-zico-blasts-refereeing-after-argentina-comeback-in-world-cup-clash\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T21:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:00:50","slug":"egypts-zico-blasts-refereeing-after-argentina-comeback-in-world-cup-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/egypts-zico-blasts-refereeing-after-argentina-comeback-in-world-cup-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt\u2019s Zico Blasts Refereeing After Argentina Comeback in World Cup Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a dramatic World Cup match that saw Egypt lose a 2-0 lead, Egyptian forward Zico did not hold back his frustration with the refereeing, calling the tournament \u201crigged\u201d after Argentina\u2019s stunning 12-minute comeback.  <\/p>\n<p>Zico, who had scored Egypt\u2019s second goal to double their advantage, saw one of his earlier goals disallowed by VAR due to a foul at the start of the play. Despite his efforts, Argentina overturned the scoreline in the second half, leaving Egypt eliminated.  <\/p>\n<p>After the match, Zico took the microphone to express his deep disappointment: \u201cIt\u2019s an injustice, a clear and obvious injustice. The referee wasted the effort of an entire country. From the start, he was against us. We shouldn\u2019t be leaving the World Cup like this when we were winning 2-0. The tournament is rigged. I apologize to our fans because we couldn\u2019t make it, but honestly, it wasn\u2019t in our hands. It was in the referee\u2019s hands. The tournament was rigged from the beginning.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>He also criticized referee Fran\u00e7ois Letexier\u2019s decisions, highlighting a series of questionable calls in the second half. \u201cWe played from the first minute without fear. We came out to win, and that showed throughout the match. But in the second half, very strange things happened. Many fouls were called against us, and a goal was disallowed for reasons I don\u2019t even understand. A lot of strange things happened today.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Egypt\u2019s coach, Hossam Hassan, echoed these concerns, suggesting external pressure influenced the referee. \u201cIt seemed like Argentina pressured the referee, leading to this outcome. The third goal by Argentina wasn\u2019t even reviewed by VAR. We all saw how our player was pulled by the shirt, but the play wasn\u2019t checked to disallow the goal. Life is unfair. I won\u2019t watch the remaining World Cup matches. This is my way of raising my voice. I won\u2019t watch another game.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>This controversy adds to ongoing debates about fairness and transparency in international football tournaments, reminding us how much the integrity of the game matters to fans and players alike.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-x\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ArturoVill7\/status\/2074581265404113007\"><\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a dramatic World Cup match that saw Egypt lose a 2-0 lead, Egyptian forward Zico did not hold back his frustration with the refereeing, calling the tournament \u201crigged\u201d after Argentina\u2019s stunning 12-minute comeback. Zico, who had scored Egypt\u2019s second goal to double their advantage, saw one of his earlier goals disallowed by VAR due [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internacional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2993,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2992\/revisions\/2993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnews.mx\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}