Not independently verified: Referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz was expelled from the Qatar 2022 World Cup and sent home after the Argentina–Netherlands quarter-final.
Classification: Not independently verified
Why the claim spread
- COPE / Tiempo de Juego (Spanish radio), relayed by CBS Sports and WION.
- 2022
- Unstated.
What the record establishes
- He received no further appointment after the Argentina–Netherlands quarter-final.
What the record does not support
- No official FIFA source confirms a disciplinary removal; FIFA reportedly assessed him favourably.
- Independent sources:
- 0
- Total references:
- 1
Canonical safe wording
Mateu Lahoz provided witness information or testimony in the Negreira investigation. The reviewed record does not identify him as accused, investigated or charged, or identify a Negreira-linked payment to him. He received no further appointment after the Argentina–Netherlands quarter-final; no official FIFA source reviewed confirms a disciplinary removal.
- Lahoz was sent home
- Lahoz was corrupt
- Mateu Lahoz was expelled from Qatar 2022 (stated as fact)
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