Mauro Icardi was fined for criticizing a Turkish referee on goals: how much will he have to pay

After going through the MasterChef program led by his wife, Wanda Nara, Mauro Icardi will have to take out his wallet and pay on his return to Turkey: it was sanctioned by the football federation of that country for his criticism of a referee’s performance after Galatasaray’s elimination in the Turkish Cup.

Judging goals with violent emotion won’t be cheap for the former PSG striker, the fine imposed is 7,500 euros (about $8,200 or 3,280,000 pesos in blue).

“Mauro Emanuel Icardi was fined 150,000 lire for sharing on social networks statements directed against the referee“, the Disciplinary Council of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) said in a statement released on Tuesday.

It ended with the match played last Wednesday for the quarter-finals of the Turkish Cup 3-2 defeat of Galatasaray. A duel that brought with it quite a few controversies given that the referee and the assistant VAR annulled two goals for Icardi’s team, eliminated from the tournament.

After the controversial crossing, Galatasaray coach Okan Buruk said he didn’t dare protest because “there is no democracy”.

But Icardi, who had scored one of the two goals disallowed, posted a message on Instagram in which he defines his attitude.”shame” and “scandal”as reported by the Turkish press.

In the video he uploaded to his Instagram networks, which he later deleted, Icardi described the referee’s decision as “robbery of the yearand called for the resignation of the chairman of the Turkish central referees’ council, Lale Ortak, the broadcaster reported. NTVSpor.

The TFF also fined Galatasaray, its chairman Dursun Özbek and Basaksehir manager Emre Belözoglu for “breach of sportsmanship” in post-match statements.

In the midst of all this scandal, Mauro Icardi passed through ArgentinaHe shared Easter with his children and participated as a guest in the reality show broadcast by Telefé and hosted by his wife Wanda Nara.

A program that aired on Monday evening and which, after the reactions of the interrupted couple, sparked all kinds of comments and speculation on social media.