Uruguay players accost refs after World Cup elimination
Yellow card for … stalking the refs.
Uruguay players accosted the officials, grabbed them and followed them into the tunnel in an ugly scene following their match Friday that resulted in the team’s World Cup ouster.
Several of the players were issued symbolic post-match yellow cards for their behavior.
Follow all the 2022 World Cup action with more from the New York Post
It was not clear precisely what provoked the reactions — apart from facing the bitter end of their World Cup run. Late in Uruguay’s 2-0 win over Ghana, chasing a third goal that would have swung the goal-differential tiebreaker to advance in their favor over South Korea, Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani was tripped up in the 18-yard area, but no penalty was awarded. Cavani, Diego Godín and Jose Maria Gimenez were a few of the players involved in the altercations.
South Korea scored a dramatic tie-breaking goal in stoppage time of its match with Portugal to take the spot over Uruguay as the Group H runner-up.
Coronavirus-stricken Eliaquim Mangala urges social distancing
Kurt Zouma’s cats taken away after kicking video
Spain’s Jennifer Hermoso denies Luis Rubiales kiss was consensual
About The Author
