Maradona apologises to FIFA for criticising referee

Football legend Diego Maradona has apologised to Federation of International Football (FIFA) after accusing referee Mark Geiger of favouring England against Colombia in the round of 16 on Tuesday night.

Fifa condemned Maradona’s comments saying they were “entirely inappropriate”

“I said a couple of things and, I admit, some of them are unacceptable,” said Maradona on social media.

Maradona posted his message below a picture of himself and Fifa president Gianni Infantino, apologising to both the Swiss and the football’s world governing body.

“I have absolute respect for the work – which is not easy – that the institution and the referees do,” he added.

Maradona, 57, felt Geiger should have penalised Harry Kane for a foul on Colombia’s Carlos Sanchez instead of awarding the penalty that allowed the England captain to open the scoring just before the hour mark in Moscow.