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Diego Maradona has slammed France midfielder Blaise
Matuidi’s challenge on Nigeria’s Ogenyi Onazi worse
than the bite Luiz Suarez unleashed on Giorgio
Chiellini.
Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Matuidi was shown a
yellow card for the late tackle during his side’s 2-0
over the Super Eagles, which left Onazi facing months
on the sidelines with a fractured leg.
France will now meet Germany in the quarter-finals
but Maradona believes Matuidi shouldn’t be there,
insisting the tackle deserved a harsher punishment
than the four-month ban handed to Suarez for his
bite on Chiellini.
“Where’s the ball? It’s criminal,” said the 1986 World
Cup-winning captain of Argentina.
“Now I want to see the reaction of Fifa. The reaction
of [Pele] and of [Franz] Beckenbauer. You must have
a lot of nerve to not see that this is worse than
Suarez.”
Matuidi said he apologised for the challenge for after
the game.
"I'm sorry," he told the media after the game. "I've
not gone in to hurt him; I'm disappointed because I'm
not a dirty player.
"I went into the [Nigeria] dressing room afterwards to
apologise." Read more : [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
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Matuidi’s challenge on Nigeria’s Ogenyi Onazi worse
than the bite Luiz Suarez unleashed on Giorgio
Chiellini.
Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Matuidi was shown a
yellow card for the late tackle during his side’s 2-0
over the Super Eagles, which left Onazi facing months
on the sidelines with a fractured leg.
France will now meet Germany in the quarter-finals
but Maradona believes Matuidi shouldn’t be there,
insisting the tackle deserved a harsher punishment
than the four-month ban handed to Suarez for his
bite on Chiellini.
“Where’s the ball? It’s criminal,” said the 1986 World
Cup-winning captain of Argentina.
“Now I want to see the reaction of Fifa. The reaction
of [Pele] and of [Franz] Beckenbauer. You must have
a lot of nerve to not see that this is worse than
Suarez.”
Matuidi said he apologised for the challenge for after
the game.
"I'm sorry," he told the media after the game. "I've
not gone in to hurt him; I'm disappointed because I'm
not a dirty player.
"I went into the [Nigeria] dressing room afterwards to
apologise." Read more : [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
news/3790/world-cup-2014/2014/07/01/4928622/-
