The Egyptian Football Association has formally asked FIFA to investigate refereeing after Egypt’s 3-2 World Cup defeat to Argentina, accusing François Letexier and his crew of major errors and requesting their exclusion from the remainder of the tournament.Egypt led 2-0 before Argentina scored three goals in 13 minutes; an apparent second Egyptian goal was disallowed after a VAR replay flagged a foul and a challenge by Julián Álvarez on Mohamed Salah that was not penalized produced the winning sequence.Pierluigi Collina has defended the officials, rejected claims of bias and explained the role of
VAR and subjective judgements, but the
EFA complaint and an all-Argentine on-field crew for another quarterfinal have intensified scrutiny of officiating.