Bad loser Yerry Mina accuses England players of diving and claims they got favourable treatment from referee
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Bad loser Yerry Mina has accused England players of diving and claimed they got favoured treatment from the American referee.
The Barcelona defender, who forced the penalty shootout England won with a late equaliser, claimed Mark Geiger should have consulted VAR before Harry Kane put the Three Lions ahead after being pulled down by Carlos Sanchez in the area.
The Colombia players were pictured scuffing the penalty spot moments before Kane coolly stepped up to slot the 57th minute penalty home and put England ahead before Mina’s 93rd-minute header which forced extra time and the dramatic penalty shootout.
The 23-year-old made no mention of what Colombia’s footballers did to the penalty spot during Kane’s three-minute wait to take his penalty.
But he was quick to accuse the ref of special treatment for England in post-match comments to South American media.
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He said: “The refereeing favoured them a little. We told the ref to consult VAR on the penalty but he didn’t do it.
“We knew they had been going down in the box looking for a penalty.”
He also claimed the Colombian team had been “belittled” by some of the pre-match comments that came out of the England camp, although he did not detail what exactly had upset them.
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Admitting he was sad at the result, he added: “I am very sad because we gave everything.
“I finished exhausted and my teammates had cramp. I give thanks to this group for giving their all on the pitch.
Colombia manager, Argentinian Jose Pekerman, also questioned the ref over the Harry Kane penalty decision.
He said: “I don’t know if it was really a penalty. There are too many contradictions in the current rules.
“They won but they never really made the difference against us.”