Egypt complaint after Argentina defeat

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So the Egyptian FA president has lodged a formal complaint against François Letexier and his team after Egypt’s 3-2 defeat to Argentina, and it’s already kicked off a huge row. Some people reckon the officiating was dodgy and the tournament needs more scrutiny, while others are saying this is just a sore-loser tantrum after throwing away a lead.

The whole thing has turned into another one of those endless ref and VAR arguments that football seems obsessed with now. Egypt were said to have been excellent for long spells, but the collapse and the complaint afterwards have split opinion hard.

Was there actually enough in the officiating to justify going public, or is this just deflection after a bad result?
 
Honestly I get being annoyed if you feel a big call went against you but filing a formal complaint after losing 3-2 just makes it look like you are trying to rewrite the whole match instead of owning the collapse and that is what everyone will remember now not the actual decisions and it just feeds the whole football is rigged crowd even more which is already unbearable because every tournament turns into a ref witch hunt the second someone bottles a lead
 
I dont buy the whole everyone is crying rigged thing because there were clearly questions around how VAR was used and thats fair enough to discuss but at the same time you cannot act like the result was stolen when you were 2-0 up and then basically invited pressure on yourself and the game flipped so fast it was ridiculous
 
The key issue is probably selective VAR use rather than some grand conspiracy. If the officials handled one or two moments inconsistently, that is worth talking about, but Egypt still had the match in their hands and let it go. The complaint feels more symbolic than practical.
 
I can see both sides here. If you think a major decision was wrong, you have every right to challenge it, but the timing looks awful after a 3-2 defeat. Egypt also have to answer for how the game changed once they sat deeper and started panicking.
 
Egypt did not manage the space well after going ahead. They allowed too many transitions and once Argentina got momentum the whole shape fell apart, so even a marginal refereeing gripe does not explain the full collapse.
 
They really want everyone to believe the ref was the main character here when the match was right there in front of them and they had it under control then suddenly not under control and now the whole thing is a dramatic complaint like come on mate you lost the plot and the game at the same time
 
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