FIFA comes down hard after chaotic end to game

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FIFA opened a disciplinary lawsuit against Argentina for its players' actions during a contentious World Cup quarter-final lucifer against the Netherlands.

The shot governing assemblage cited “order and information astatine matches” successful its disciplinary codification for charging the Argentina shot federation.

Argentina substitutes and coaches encroached connected the tract arsenic the crippled turned confrontational successful the precocious stages arsenic the Dutch scored 2 precocious goals to unit other time. There were much heated exchanges connected the tract aft Argentina won the punishment shootout pursuing the 2-2 draw.

Lionel Messi was among a World Cup grounds 17 players oregon coaching unit members who were shown yellowish cards during oregon aft the game.

Team misconduct charges are regular for collecting 5 yellowish cards successful a crippled and disciplinary cases were opened against some Argentina and the Netherlands, FIFA said.

Both federations could get the aforesaid $23,600 that FIFA’s disciplinary sheet imposed doubly connected Saudi Arabia astatine this World Cup for squad misconduct.

Argentina volition apt get a heavier good for the abstracted upset charge.

FIFA gave nary timetable for verdicts, which person typically not been published earlier a team’s adjacent crippled astatine this World Cup.

Argentina faces Croatia successful the semi-finals connected Wednesday greeting (AEDT).

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