Brazilian referee Wilton Sampaio attracted the eye for all of the incorrect causes as England crashed out of the World Cup.
The 40-year-old got here underneath fierce criticism throughout the match – notably within the first-half when he failed to offer the Three Lions a penalty when Dayot Upamecano fouled Harry Kane.
There was additionally a controversial resolution to not award Bukayo Saka a foul within the build-up to Aurelien Tchouameni’s opener.
Referee Wilton Sampaio made various evident errors as England exited the World Cup
Sampaio failed to offer a penalty when Dayot Upamecano fouled Harry Kane within the first-half
Sampaio has already attracted criticism for his choices in Qatar, one thing which will likely be highlighted even additional after England’s 2-1 defeat to France.
Kane and his Three Lions team-mates reacted properly after falling behind to Aurelien Tchouameni’s long-range strike, responding by pinning France’s defence again and creating various openings.
Throughout that brilliant spell, the England captain picked up the ball on the proper and obtained purpose facet of Upamecano earlier than being introduced down by the Bayern Munich star.
There was a brief delay as Wilton Sampaio waited to be suggested by VAR on whether or not he ought to go to the monitor to assessment his preliminary resolution. Nonetheless, shortly after the referee waved play on to the bemusement of supporters in Qatar and at house.
It was simply one among various challenges throughout the recreation which weren’t given, together with the one within the build-up to France’s opener.
The referee failed to offer England various choices throughout the heartbreaking defeat
Gary Neville stated after the sport: ‘The referee I assumed he had an absolute nightmare. He is a joke of a referee, him.’
‘Individuals will say it is excuse, however he was simply unhealthy.’
The referee did give England two penalties throughout the recreation, the primary when Saka was clumsily fouled by Tchouameni – which Kane transformed.
England’s second penalty was after Theo Hernandez barged into the again of Mason Mount – a call which was not initially given.
After being instructed by VAR to take a look at the incident, Sampaio had no different selection however to award the penalty.
Sadly for England, Kane skied his penalty over the crossbar.
Sampaio had beforehand attracted criticism for awarding Saudi Arabia a controversial penalty towards Poland earlier within the event.
He used the pitchside monitor to penalise a problem by Poland’s Krystian Bielik on Saudi ahead Saleh Al-Shehri, regardless of minimal contact proven on the replays.
He was additionally criticised by pundits in Saudi Arabia for failing to offer Matty Money a second yellow card after giving him an early reserving within the sixteenth minute of the match, with Poland going onto win 2-0 on their method to the knockout phases.
He is often known as a tricky disciplinarian who dishes out yellow playing cards at each potential event, handing out 105 bookings and 4 pink playing cards in simply 21 video games in Brazil’s high league.
Earlier than the match, Sampaio had refereed 381 video games in his profession, giving out 1,856 yellow playing cards and 102 pink playing cards. He has additionally awarded 114 penalty kicks.
On the final World Cup in Russia, he was a part of the refereeing group that helped introduce VAR to the event.
His two different video games on the event had been each victories for Holland – towards Senegal and the US.
