Lionel Messi called on FIFA to drop Mateu Lahoz from the top level after he lost the run of it and dished out NINETEEN yellow cards in Argentina's World Cup quarter-final with the Netherlands. And Argentine keeper Emiliano Martinez branded him "useless" after breaking records for all the wrong reasons.
Lahoz is a well known name to fans in Scotland as Ally McCoist famously tore into him on commentary after he chalked off Ryan Kent's goal for Rangers against Borussia Dortmund in the Europa League last season. He also sent off James Sands against Napoli earlier this year and earlier presided over Celtic's 3-0 defeat to Zenit St Petersburg, booking Moussa Dembele and Eboue Kouassi in Russia.
The Spaniard has been known to clash with Messi in La Liga and speaking after his side won on penalties to reach the last four, Messi tried to bite his tongue - but called on FIFA to take action. Messi said: “I don’t want to talk about referees because then they will sanction you. But we were scared before the game because we knew what was coming with him.
