Pepe, Bruno blame ‘Argentine referee’ for Morocco loss: “Give the title to them already”

The 2022 World Cup continues to bring up incredible stories. After Croatia’s win against Brazil in the quarter-finals, and the exciting Netherlands vs Argentina game, Morocco were next in line to seize an upset.

The North African side faced Portugal in the quarter-finals of the tournament and went on to take a 1-0 lead in the first half. Cristiano Ronaldo’s side were unable to conjure up a comeback, and were eventually eliminated courtesy of Youssef En-Nesyri’s winner.

Following the game, Bruno Fernandes and Pepe went on record to say some rather interesting words about the referee, and in particular, Argentina.

“I don’t know if they’re going to give the World Cup to Argentina. I don’t care, I’m gonna say what I think; f*ck them. It’s very strange that a referee from a country that still is in the cup. Clearly they put things against us,” Bruno said.

There was one controversial moment during the game, where a potential soft penalty on Bruno was not called. Apart from that, Portugal and Morocco played out a rather smooth 90-minute affair.

Pepe namedropped Lionel Messi, too, years after their rivalry has ended.

“It’s unacceptable that today we had an Argentinian referee in charge… After everything that happened yesterday, with Messi complaining. After what I saw today, they can just give the title to Argentina already!”

The former Real Madrid player is, of course, referencing Messi’s words after yesterday’s game, where he dissed Mateu Lahoz for his refereeing.

“FIFA cannot put these referees in a match like this. He is not up to the task,” Leo had said during his post-game presser.

Source: Manu Heredia & MARCA