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Euro 2021: the referee who unfairly refused Ronaldo's goal dismissed

2021-04-14T12:01:53.925Z


Mario Diks had failed to see that the ball shot by the Portugal striker had crossed the line against Serbia. His main arbiter


For him it is sure, there will be no European Championship this summer.

Referee Mario Diks, present during the 2022 World Cup qualifying match between Serbia and Portugal (2-2) at the end of March, was ejected from the Dutch trio he made up with his counterpart Hessel Steegstra from Sneek and central referee Danny Makkelie.

The latter explained to him that he no longer wanted to work with him.

Its very likely wrong?

Not having given him the information to allow Cristiano Ronaldo a goal during this meeting.

At the end of March, the striker and captain of the Lusitannian selection had believed to give the victory to his partners by deceiving the Serbian goalkeeper in the stoppage of play, before his goal was refused, wrongly, on the pretext that the ball had not not entirely crossed the line.

Mad with rage, the Juventus Turin player threw his armband on the ground before leaving the lawn.

And without goal-line technology or Var in these qualifiers for the World Cup in Qatar, only Mario Diks would have been able to see clearly that the goal would have been awarded.

"I was hoping for more support and recognition"

"On March 31, he told me he wanted to continue with another assistant, because there was no more trust between us," explained the ejected linesman on the Omrop Fryslan television channel.

I was really hoping for more support, understanding and recognition after the good work done over the past few years.

So close to the Euro, it's a huge disappointment for me.

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"Out of respect for Mario, but also in the interest of the team, we will not make any statement on the reason for this change," Danny Makkelie told him, merely confirming the information.

The trio were expected to referee matches during the Euro (June 11 - July 11), although the official list has not yet been published by UEFA.

Source: leparis

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