Maradona believes the officiating in South Africa is poor, and referees should be doing more to protect fair players.

He was upset that South Korea went unpunished for a series of fouls during their defeat by Argentina.

Maradona said: “We all want fair play. I understand that the referee may make a mistake, but when Javier Mascherano, for instance, gets a yellow card and the Korean player kicks out and gets nothing, no card, then sometimes as a coach you have doubts,”

“This is football and not kung-fu fighting.”

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