Graham Poll, clear: "The sanction to Messi goes against the rules"

The veterans of the international football will remember of leftovers the name of Graham Poll. The ex referee, already withdrawn from does years, was considered by the IFFHS like the best English referee of the last 25 years, and in the last hours has published an article in the "Daily Mail" in which it has showed contrary to the sanction received by Leo Messi of part of the FIFA.

In fact, Graham Poll has ensured that the punishment to Leo Messi "goes against the regulation". "In spite of his airy protests, was not sanctioned in his moment. However, the Disciplinary Committee of the FIFA discovered evidences in the video of the party and imposed the sanction, what create goes against of the rules of the game", has explained the ex referee.

Leo Messi, more rested with the FC Barcelona

In this coyuntura, Graham Poll considers that the decision of the referees of not including at all in the record would owe to have kept. "The incident occurred to full sight of the assistant that suffered the insults, so the decision of the official referees would have to keep".

"If a player strikes a rival out of the vision of all the official referees, then could impose a retrospective sanction", has matizado the ex referee. Some full words of sensatez that, however, will not serve so that the FIFA reduce the four parties of sanction of Leo Messi with Argentina. A sanction that, by against, will go very well to the Barcelona to have rested to his star.