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Egypt coach Hossam <\/span>Hassan <\/span>said his team was treated unfairly and “suffered an injustice” in the wake of his team’s stunning 3-2 loss to Argentina in a round of 16 match in Atlanta on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Egypt held a 2-0 lead until Argentina’s Cristian Romero scored in the 79th minute. Lionel Messi tied it four minutes later and Enzo Fernandez scored the game-winner two minutes into stoppage time.<\/p>\n However, Hassan <\/span>took issue with referee Francois Letexier on several counts. Egypt had a goal that had initially put them up 2-0, but it was disallowed following a VAR review. And the Pharaohs were upset that a hard tackle in the penalty box late in stoppage time was not reviewed.<\/p>\n “I’m not convinced with this outcome. I’m not convinced with the way things unfolded during this match,” Hassan <\/span>said. “I would do not want to try to put it nicely here with beautiful wording, selective wording, and saying hard luck, and so on and so forth.<\/p>\n “We have been treated unfairly today. We have suffered injustice.”<\/p>\n Hassan <\/span>said Egypt had objected to Letexier being the referee, referring to his “background.” Letexier is from France.<\/p>\n Nine minutes into extra time, Hassan <\/span>was issued a yellow card after objecting to the lack of a VAR review.<\/p>\n “I was just saying this is unfair. I was saying maybe he’s carrying a scar,” Hassan <\/span>said of their interaction. “Maybe he has something to hide. Whoever has something to hide sometimes fails to hide what he is hiding.”<\/p>\n Hassan <\/span>vowed not to watch another match during the 2026 World Cup after his team came within minutes of upsetting the defending champions.<\/p>\n “We looked better compared to the reigning champions,” Hassan <\/span>said. “We were better in everything, but the result, the outcome, was influenced by internal factors on the pitch, inside the game, and external factors ahead of the game.<\/p>\n “There seemed to have been pressure exercised from the Argentinian side on the referee that had brought about this outcome.”<\/p>\n As the drama intensified, Letexier issued a red card to one of Hassan<\/span>‘s staff members. By the end of the match, Egypt had been issued five yellow cards while Argentina had none.<\/p>\n “Ordinary life, normal life is unfair, OK, but why isn’t there any fairness in sports? Within football,” Hassan <\/span>said.<\/p>\n Despite his team holding a two-goal advantage late into the match, Hassan <\/span>also questioned the noon start time in Atlanta. The only other match of the day was the final round of 16 match between Colombia and Switzerland at 4 p.m. ET in Vancouver.<\/p>\n “I dare to say that whoever schedules those matches is someone who doesn’t and has never played football. It has nothing to do with football, because you never schedule a football match for 12 p.m., at noon,” Hassan <\/span>said. “At noon you go for a stroll, you go to get some fresh air, to maybe go on a brunch, but you do not go to play football. You do not go onto the pitch.<\/p>\n “When are the players supposed to eat? Are they supposed to have their meal at 7:30 a.m. in order to be capable of playing at noon? Is this someone trying to outsmart everyone else?<\/p>\n “There have been a lot of things to be questioned on and off the pitch. Negative aspects all around. It’s just about credibility, lack of credibility with how things unfolded.<\/p>\n “I’m proud of my players. But we have not received what we deserve.”<\/p>\n –Field Level Media<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Egypt coach Hossam Hassan said his team was treated unfairly and “suffered an injustice” in the wake of his team’s stunning 3-2 loss to Argentina in a round of 16 match in Atlanta on Tuesday. Egypt held a 2-0 lead until Argentina’s Cristian Romero scored in the 79th minute. 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