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FIFA: Algeria Officially Complains After Messi's Unpunished Foul

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Algeria officially complained to FIFA over refereeing during their 3-0 World Cup loss to Argentina, citing Lionel Messi's apparent step on Aissa Mandi's calf and an alleged elbow by Alexis Mac Allister, both unpunished. Messi scored a hat-trick, tying Miroslav Klose's record of 16 World Cup goals. Poland's Szymon Marciniak was the match referee.

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