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Jimenez attacks the referee (Reuters)
The action between Uruguay and Ghana was not quite over when referee Daniel Seibert blew his whistle at the end of extra time. not even close. The Celeste players, especially Edinson Cavani and Jose Jimenez, hurled harsh accusations and curses at him at the end, when for a moment they didn’t think about the consequences, but there will definitely be some.
The German referee was wrong in some of his decisions, but the Uruguayan players are expected to pay for it. According to ‘Marca’, their teams Valencia and Atlético Madrid can be calm, but the pair of players are expected to receive a suspension from the national team. FIFA will analyze the incidents before making a final decision.
In Spain, there is talk of a number of games that Cavani and Jimenez will miss due to the outburst at the referee, with BS claiming that if FIFA decides that it is an assault, Jimenez could be suspended for 15 games. He was not given a red card, but according to the constitution he risks a very heavy punishment. By the way, in this media outlet they claim that this may actually affect Atlético.
The referee himself did not stay clean, and he is not expected to continue refereeing in the World Cup anymore. Seibert, who became an international in 2015, made his debut in a major tournament, and there is dissatisfaction with his performance. During the game he had trouble controlling what was happening and everything indicates that we will not see him again in Qatar.
In Uruguay, they fear the suspension Luis Suarez received in 2014, when he was suspended from nine international matches and four months in his team (he moved to Barcelona that summer and made his debut only at the end of October), and this because he bit Giorgio Chiellini in the 2014 World Cup.
