Egypt FA: 'Cannot remain silent' about decisions in Argentina match - ESPN

The Egyptian Football Association has said it «cannot remain silent regarding the refereeing decisions» following the team's round-of-16 loss to Argentina at the World Cup.

Argentina went through to the quarterfinals in dramatic fashion Tuesday when they came back from down 2-0 against Egypt to win 3-2.

The winning goal from Enzo Fernández came two minutes into stoppage time and set off a wild scene in front of the Egyptian bench. A red card was shown to goalkeeping coach Saafan Elsaghir, who had to be physically restrained from going after French referee François Letexier. Multiple yellow cards were doled out to those griping vehemently about Argentina's final goal.

«The Egyptian Football Association cannot remain silent regarding the refereeing decisions witnessed during the match against Argentina as well as the failure to make appropriate use of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system,» the EFA said in a statement Wednesday morning.

«Several key incidents raised serious concerns and left profound questions about the consistency and fairness of decisions that directly influenced the course of the game.»

The statement added: «What occurred during the match has understandably generated widespread frustration among our players, staff, and supporters, who expected the highest standards of officiating on football's biggest stage.»

Egypt took a 2-0 lead anyway on Mostafa Zico's goal in the 67th minute, but there was still enough time for Argentina to pull off a comeback for the ages in the stadium that is normally the home of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons.

Egypt fumed at having a goal disallowed following a VAR review and then a subsequent failure to check on an apparent foul by Alexis Mac Allister in the immediate buildup to