Interesting move
Filing a complaint after a heavy loss always feels a bit desperate, but if the tackle was really that bad, I get why they'd want it looked at. Was VAR asleep?
Algeria file complaint over referee’s decision on Messi tackle
PARIS: Algeria have lodged a complaint with FIFA over “refereeing injustice” in their opening World Cup loss to Argentina, particularly a tackle by Lionel Messi, an Algerian football federation source told AFP on Friday. Messi caught Algeria defender Aissa Mandi on the calf with a studs-up challenge from behind in the 30th minute of Tuesday’s match but was not booked. The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner, who had already given reigning world champions Argentina the lead, went on to score a hat-trick.