Nacional slam video ref after world club exit


South American champions Atletico Nacional are dumped from the Club World Cup in Japan after a video referee awards a penalty against them. - AFP

Osaka (Japan) (AFP) - South American champions Atletico Nacional questioned football's new video referee after the first ever penalty awarded under the system helped dump them out of the Club World Cup -- and even had suspicions of offside.

The Colombians felt aggrieved after Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai used the new technology for the first goal in their shock 3-0 defeat by Japan's Kashima Antlers on Wednesday.

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