Commentator loses World Cup credentials after calling Infantino and referee ‘thieves’
Jorge Chipi Vera launches TV rant after Almirón red card
Paraguay winger covered mouth in win over Turkey
A football commentator has been stripped of his World Cup credentials by Fifa after an expletive-laden tirade against the organisation and match officials during Paraguay’s 1-0 victory over Turkey when Miguel Almirón was sent off.
Jorge Chipi Vera lost his composure on live television when Paraguay’s Almirón became the first player sent off at the tournament for violating a strict new rule that forbids covering mouths during on-field confrontations. Almirón was dismissed by the Salvadorian referee Iván Barton for remarks made to Turkey’s Mert Muldur with his hand covering his mouth in first-half stoppage time.
