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World Cup referees doing excellent job, says Argentina's Martinez
KANSAS CITY, Kansas, July 10 : Argentina defender Lisandro Martinez dismissed controversy over refereeing in the World Cup on Friday and said match officials had done an excellent job after Egypt criticised decisions in their dramatic 3-2 round-of-16 defeat by the South American side.Argentina reached the last eight after rallying from 2-0 down with 11 minutes remaining to beat Egypt.The match, however, sparked complaints from the Egyptian Football Association over the use of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), particularly the disallowing of a Mostafa Zico goal in the 62nd minute that would have doubled the North Africans' lead.FIFA refereeing chief Pierluigi Collina has since defended the officials, rejecting allegations of bias and insisting referees operated independently. "No, absolute
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