[Sport News] 2018 World Cup: The Referee That Handled Nigeria, Croatia Clash Hospitalized

Nigeria lost to Croatia in their first ever meeting at senior level (photo credit: NFF media)

The referee that handled the Super Eagles game against Croatia at the 2018 World Cup Sandro Meira Ricci, has been hospitalized.

According to Russian Sport Express, Sandro, a civil servant has ruptured his ligaments.

Ricci, during who was the Video Assistant Referee for England’s clash with Tunisia, was embroiled in a fresh controversy after he failed to award a penalty to England, and alsothe Colombian referee Wilmar Roldan, when Tottenham’s Harry Kane was grabbed and knocked over by Sassi inside the area.