Video shows referee repeatedly asking Messi to control Paredes during FIFA WC final

New referee-cam footage from the FIFA World Cup 2026 final shows referee Slavko Vincic repeatedly asking Lionel Messi to control Argentina midfielder Leandro Paredes after he had already received a yellow card. "Messi, control Paredes. I don't want to...he has yellow. Control please," Vincic can be heard saying. Paredes, who was brought on at half-time, was booked seven minutes later.

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