<p>Lionel Messi said referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz should not have officiated Argentina's tempestuous shootout victory over the Netherlands in the World Cup quarter-finals at Lusail Stadium.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/football/fifa-world-cup-argentina-beat-netherlands-on-penalties-to-reach-semis-1170358.html" target="_blank">Argentina won on penalties</a> early on Saturday after a dramatic 2-2 draw in which Dutch substitute Wout Weghorst scored twice late on, including a last-gasp equaliser from a short free-kick awarded when German Pezzella shoved over Weghorst.</p>.<p>"After they got the draw I felt a lot of anger," said Messi. "I don't want to talk about the referee, because they immediately reprimand you or sanction you, but I think people saw what happened.</p>.<p>"FIFA has to review that, it can't give a referee like that a match of this importance, when they're not up to the task."</p>.<p>He added: "We didn't have a great game, and then the referee sent it to extra time. He was always against us. In the last play, it was not a foul."</p>.<p>Mateu Lahoz showed 16 yellow cards in total, with Netherlands wing-back Denzel Dumfries sent off after the penalty shootout for a second booking.</p>.<p>Messi had scored his fourth goal of the tournament from the spot in the 73rd minute after an earlier assist for Nahuel Molina's opener.</p>.<p>Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was the hero, saving the Netherlands' first two penalties before Lautaro Martinez struck the winning kick.</p>.<p>"We didn't want extra time or penalties," said Messi. "We suffered too much because of how everything happened, but it is the quarter-finals of a World Cup.</p>.<p>"We knew how to suffer when it was our turn, but we got through to the semi-finals. It's beautiful, something impressive."</p>
<p>Lionel Messi said referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz should not have officiated Argentina's tempestuous shootout victory over the Netherlands in the World Cup quarter-finals at Lusail Stadium.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/football/fifa-world-cup-argentina-beat-netherlands-on-penalties-to-reach-semis-1170358.html" target="_blank">Argentina won on penalties</a> early on Saturday after a dramatic 2-2 draw in which Dutch substitute Wout Weghorst scored twice late on, including a last-gasp equaliser from a short free-kick awarded when German Pezzella shoved over Weghorst.</p>.<p>"After they got the draw I felt a lot of anger," said Messi. "I don't want to talk about the referee, because they immediately reprimand you or sanction you, but I think people saw what happened.</p>.<p>"FIFA has to review that, it can't give a referee like that a match of this importance, when they're not up to the task."</p>.<p>He added: "We didn't have a great game, and then the referee sent it to extra time. He was always against us. In the last play, it was not a foul."</p>.<p>Mateu Lahoz showed 16 yellow cards in total, with Netherlands wing-back Denzel Dumfries sent off after the penalty shootout for a second booking.</p>.<p>Messi had scored his fourth goal of the tournament from the spot in the 73rd minute after an earlier assist for Nahuel Molina's opener.</p>.<p>Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was the hero, saving the Netherlands' first two penalties before Lautaro Martinez struck the winning kick.</p>.<p>"We didn't want extra time or penalties," said Messi. "We suffered too much because of how everything happened, but it is the quarter-finals of a World Cup.</p>.<p>"We knew how to suffer when it was our turn, but we got through to the semi-finals. It's beautiful, something impressive."</p>