Egyptian national team player Mustafa Zico expressed his deep sadness after the loss to Argentina.
The Egyptian national team bid farewell to the World Cup from the round of 16 after losing to defending champions Argentina 3-2 in the most exciting match of the World Cup.
Zico said crying on the FIFA channel: "The referee is not fair. The referee was directed from the beginning of the match and would not allow us to beat Argentina by two goals."
He added, "The referee wasted the dream of an entire people and our efforts throughout the match, God is sufficient for me and He is the best disposer of affairs."
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The two goals of the Argentine national team in Egypt's netpic.twitter.com/IfFN0L3LvTpic.twitter.com/hqGgdMicAb
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He continued, "Congratulations to Argentina for the World Cup from now on, the tournament is directed for them no matter what happens."
He concluded his statements, "I say to the Egyptian people, we wished to make you happy, and we fought to achieve that."
After the Egyptian national team took the lead with two goals, the Tango turned the result in the final minutes and scored 3 goals.
So that the Egyptian national team exits the World Cup with heads held high after presenting a strong and distinguished performance throughout the tournament matches.
