FOOTBALL fans were left in stitches after the referee for England’s win over Senegal appeared to shout “shut up” at someone during the game.
Gareth Southgate’s men breezed into the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a comfortable 3-0 victory on Sunday night.
Goals from Jordan Henderson, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka capped a brilliant all-round display from the Three Lions as they set up a blockbuster clash with France.
But it was the behaviour of Salvadoran referee Ivan Barto which caught the attention of many on social media.
As coverage of the game cut to the official while the ball was out of play, he suddenly turned very angry.
Barto proceeded to look across the pitch, appearing to shout: “Shut up!”.
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And the moment left those online in hysterics.
Speaking on Twitter, one person said: “The referee is a legend. Just yelled shut up full force 😅.”
Another added: “Referee just shouted “Shut Up!” at the player in the World Cup 🤣🤣🤣👏🏿👏🏿. I got time for that.”
A third said: “Absolutely here for the referee shouting “SHUT UP!!!!” at someone with all of his might 😂.”
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And a fourth responded: “The referee just yelled “shut up” at someone, bruh he’s so funny. I love this ref so much 😭.”
It was a routine night for Barton – who had very few contentious decisions to deal with.
There was a VAR check for a potential handball on John Stones with the game goalless, but it was dismissed before Barton was required to go to the monitor.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
