After the group stage elimination was confirmed at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, Uruguay players who protested harshly to the referee received disciplinary actions such as suspension and fines from FIFA.
On the 28th (Korean time), FIFA imposed sanctions on four Uruguayan players: Edinson Cavani (Valencia), Diego Godin (Veles Sarsfield), Jose Jimenez (Atletico Madrid) and Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray). announced.
Muslera and Jimenez were suspended for 4 games and fined 20,000 Swiss francs (approximately 26.82 million won), and Cavani and Godin were suspended for 1 game and fined 15,000 Swiss francs (approximately 20.12 million won). They must also complete a community service program required by FIFA.
After the final group H match against Ghana on December 3 of last year in Qatar World Cup group stage ended, they provoked controversy by protesting to the referee.
At that time, Uruguay won 2-0 against Ghana and recorded 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss (4 points), but failed to advance to the round of 16 due to a high score against Korea, who defeated Portugal 2-1. 온라인카지노
In the second half of the extra time against Ghana, Cavani fell while competing with Alido Seydoux in the penalty box, but the referee did not declare a penalty kick and the video review (VAR) did not proceed.
If a penalty kick was called and Uruguay managed to score, the team that would advance to the round of 16 by finishing second in Group H could have been Uruguay, not Korea.
Eventually, when the team failed to score an extra goal and was eliminated from the group stage, furious Uruguayan players surrounded the referee and protested wildly. Cavani also hit the VAR machine as he entered the locker room.
Referee Daniel Sibert, who was in charge of the match, said in an interview with the German media, “FIFA also said that my decision (not awarding a penalty to Cavani) was correct. There were two similar situations in Qatar, both of which were not declared fouls. He said there was no problem with his judgment.
As the controversy grew, FIFA immediately launched a disciplinary investigation against the Uruguayan players, and decided to punish them a month later.
FIFA also imposed a penalty of 50,000 Swiss francs (approximately 67.05 million won) on the Uruguay Football Association for management responsibility.