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.

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