Yerry Mina gave Colombia their equalizer in the 93rd minute to cancel out Harry Kane’s 57th-minute penalty. Extra time failed to decide the game and subsequently, penalties had to be taken to decide the winner.
England just about edged out the Colombians as they won the penalty shoot-out 4-3 in sudden death.
However, the game has become a rather controversial outing as a result of some rather questionable refereeing from the man in charge, Mark Geiger.
The American official not only pulled out cards a little too easily but also made some seemingly erroneous calls. After the game, Colombian star, Radamel Falcao, went on to slam the referee, accusing him of being biased and questioning his neutrality.
According to the Colombian forward, the referee “always made calls to favour England.”
Lashing out, Falcao said:
Notably, this isn’t the first time Geiger has been accused of something like this. In his first game as an official in the World Cup just last month, the American was tasked with overseeing the Group B match between Portugal and Morocco.
After the game, Morocco’s Nordin Amrabat raised similar accusations as he said:
It is still uncertain as to whether FIFA will look into the matter and take any action. However, if this is true, it certainly will bring disgrace to what has otherwise been an exceptional World Cup.
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