Growing anger over World Cup red card

The Swiss team's manager, Murat Yakin has called Breel Embolo's red card 'unacceptable', as anger builds over the refereeing of Switzerland's World Cup quarter-final loss to Argentina.

The referee initially booked Argentina's Leandro Paredes for a foul, but VAR overturned the call, judged Embolo had simulated, and sent off the striker — who was already on a yellow. 

Yakin says the new VAR rule allowing that reversal 'should not exist' at a World Cup quarter-final. 

He was backed by several Swiss players. They say there were double standards after several Argentine dives went unpunished.

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