Swiss national team player Miro Mohim expressed his dissatisfaction with the referee's decisions in the match against Argentina in the World Cup quarter-finals.
Miro Mohaim
Club: Hamburg
The Swiss national team bid farewell to the World Cup at the hands of the defending champions after losing 3-1 in a match that saw the sending off of the team's striker Breel Embolo in the 72nd minute.
Miro Mohim told Blick newspaper: "I don't know how many times something like this has happened before".
He explained that a player receives a yellow card and then a red card because of a claim of simulation, and that in the middle of the pitch".
Mohim concluded his statements, stressing, "It is a very bad thing".
The referee awarded 18 fouls in favor of Argentina compared to 14 in favor of Switzerland, sent off Embolo after receiving two cautions, and showed 3 yellow cards to Argentina.
The Argentine national team reached the semi-finals for the second consecutive time, which is happening for the first time since 1986 and 1990 when they won the first title and lost the second at that time.
The Argentine national team has not lost in the last 13 World Cup matches, with 11 wins and two draws.
Meanwhile, the match saw Switzerland fall behind in the score for the first time during the 2026 edition.
The Argentine national team will meet England next Wednesday in the golden square at Atalanta Stadium at ten in the evening.
