Hakimi attacks Infantino in the tunnel after Croatia-Morocco: FIFA bans filming, but has video

the curtain in world Cup of Morocco falls with the defeat suffered in the final by the third place against Croatia🇧🇷 The North African team leaves the World Cup with their heads held high in Qatar, but the nervousness of the hakimi he risked spoiling everything by letting himself be carried away by the adrenaline and tension he discharged first by aiming at the referee and then even by confronting the FIFA president. Gianni Infantinoin the stadium tunnel, moments before the award ceremony.

The Paris Saint-Germain defender was furious, he was angry with the referee (Al Jassim) because, according to him, the decisions had penalized Morocco. He faced him face to face and at the end of the game only the intervention of his teammates prevented the worst, with the goalkeeper (bonou) who dragged him out before his protests escalated. Why so angry? Claiming a foul suffered and a supposed penalty not awarded, underlining the concept he even made an eloquent gesture: wrists crossed like Mourinho imitating the handcuffs gesture.

The defender’s face-to-face with match director Al-Jassim.

The issue of refereeing for Morocco is a raw nerve in light of what happened in the semi-final against France: two denied penalties (the obvious one in Boufal, brought down by Theo Hernandez in a slip) led the federation to present an official objection to the Fifa for denouncing the performance of the Mexican referee, Cesar Arturo Ramos Palazuelos🇧🇷

What happened on the pitch is just the tip of the iceberg, because in reality something else will happen soon after and it will be even worse. Once the green rectangle has been abandoned, Hakimi will cross paths with FIFA’s number one, Infantino, in the middle of the stadium. The reaction took place under the gaze of journalists who told what happened.

Tension in the green rectangle, Morocco protests for not conceding a penalty.

Tom Egbers, from Dutch broadcaster NOS, explained how the footballer criticized the top coach, shouting his complaints both for Al-Jassim’s behavior and for the course of the meeting against the transalpines. “We were unable to film the episode – admitted the reporter – because it did not take place in the official mixed zone”🇧🇷

Confirmations of Hakimi’s attitude also come from another correspondent in Qatar, Johan Kücükaslan, from the Swedish SVT, who reiterated the player’s ‘disapproval’ tone to the president on Twitter. He complained loudly that for the umpteenth time Morocco had been penalized by a referee, saying something like “What’s wrong with us?”🇧🇷 This explosion lasted twenty, thirty seconds, also punctuated by the mime of the body.

The journalist also filmed the scene with his cell phone and some FIFA officials asked him to delete the images. “Of course these are embarrassing scenes for them – he admitted to SVt -. Then Infantino leaves and is booed by the crowd. It was not a good moment for him who, however, dealt with the situation with professionalism”🇧🇷

Refereeing is a sore nerve for Morocco who, after their loss to France, raised official objections to FIFA.

The Norwegian broadcaster NRK heard the words of the Moroccan defender who, past the nervousness, tried to play down the episode and apologize for his attitude. “I was a little irritated with what happened during the match – admitted Hakimi -. I have a lot of respect for Infantino and when I met him right after I regretted the words I had used. We are still happy with what we did in this World Cup”.