Lionel Messi ha blasted referees for being partial towards Brazil as Argentina exited Copa America with a 2-0 defeat in the semi-final in Belo Horizonte.
Messi could not influence the game and goals from Gabriel Jesus and Roberto Firmino sealed Brazil’s passage into the final to battle Chile or Peru.
However, the Barcelona star does not believe Brazil won in a fair manner and has slammed the ref for not giving Aguero a well-deserved penalty before Firmino scored his goal.
His words, “They were not better than us. They found the net early and the second goal came from a penalty [to Aguero] they didn’t award,”
“They [the officials] had booked a lot of bullsh*t, but they didn’t even check the VAR, that’s incredible.
“That happened all over the game. At the first glance of contact, they ruled in their [Brazil’s] favour and this kind of bullsh*t distracted us from the game.
“There is no excuses for us, but we need to review this, analyse it and let’s hope CONMEBOL does something about it.
“I think we played a great game. We made a great effort and they were not superior to us.”
Brazil will now hold on to confirm the winner of the Wednesday’s semi-final between Chile and Peru.
The final will take place on Sunday.
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