Cavani says referee should be 'in JAIL' after Uruguay's World Cup exit
Edinson Cavani insists referee Daniel Siebert should be ‘put in JAIL’ for his ‘errors’ in Uruguay’s World Cup group stage exit… after punching a VAR monitor following their game with Ghana as they were denied a penalty
- Uruguay crashed out of the World Cup group stage despite beating Ghana
- Edinson Cavani punched a VAR monitor in a furious response to their exit
- Uruguay were denied a penalty which could have seen them reach the last-16
- Cavani says referee Daniel Siebert should be ‘put in jail’ for his ‘errors’
Edinson Cavani has called for referee Daniel Siebert to be ‘put in jail’ after Uruguay crashed out of the World Cup at the group stage.
The former Manchester United striker was part of the side that beat Ghana 2-0 in their final group game in Qatar – only to crash out as South Korea’s 2-1 win over Portugal meant Uruguay needed a third goal to advance.
After the game, Cavani unleashed his anger at Uruguay’s early exit on a VAR monitor after they were denied a penalty.
Edinson Cavani has commented that referee Daniel Sieberg should be ‘put in jail’ following Uruguay’s World Cup group stage exit
Uruguay were furious with the referee (left) after they crashed out despite a win over Ghana
Cavani, in comments to El Larguero, via Marca, is still angry over the nature of their exit at what is likely to be his final World Cup at the age of 35.
He said: ‘They have to put him in jail. But if they penalise me for hitting the VAR, the referee, for having taken us out of the World Cup, they have to put him in jail.’
The striker who now plays for Valencia, also argued that Siebert had made ‘errors’ during the match.
Uruguay’s anger was sparked by their belief that they should have been awarded a penalty after a collision between Darwin Nunez and Ghana’s Alidu Seidu.
Cavani is hoping to avoid punishment for his protests which included punching a VAR monitor
A flurry of yellow cards were shown by Siebert after the match – including to Cavani who also felt as though he had been denied a penalty.
And it did not stop there, as almost the entire 26-man Uruguay squad chased the referee and his assistants from the pitch and down the tunnel, accompanied by an unrelenting torrent of remonstration.
Cavani punched a VAR monitor knocking it over, while team-mate Jose Maria Gimenez could reportedly get a lengthy ban after elbowing FIFA’s competition director in the back of the head.
When asked if he worries that he also faces sanctions after the Ghana game, Cavani said: ‘Yes, of course it worries me, because it would be out of competition with my teammates, my club and my team. It worries me.
Cavani was handed a yellow card for his furious protests immediately after Uruguay’s exit
‘But these are things that happen,’ he continued. ‘But they have to get a little on the footballer’s side, not only the referee and others, on the footballer’s side to see what has happened, why it has happened and why things have happened the way they have.
‘It’s okay that we have to maintain a behaviour and so on, but we are human beings and when sometimes the things that happen [on the pitch] are lived with passion and you work so hard to get there and compete and this and the other.
‘It may also be that the reaction of a footballer inside can be, not justified, but a little more forgiven.’
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