Luka Modric called Italian official Daniele Orsato "one of the worst" referees after he presided over Croatia's World Cup exit at the hands of Argentina in Tuesday night's semi-final.
The South Americans ran out 3-0 winners to book a spot in a sixth World Cup final, but Croatia were incensed at the award of the penalty for their first goal after goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic was judged to have brought down forward Julian Alvarez following an Argentina break which Croatia insist should have started with them being awarded a corner.
Livakovic clearly caught Alvarez, but Croatia argued that he had stopped his movement toward the Manchester City forward by the time the No.9 ran into him, a view shared by ITV Sport pundits Gary Neville, Roy Keane and Ian Wright.
