Steve Clarke branded 'rude' as Scotland boss blasted by Argentinian chief for ref rant

Steve Clarke has been branded "rude" by Argentina's refereeing body for his criticism of their whistler Facundo Tello after his refusal to award Scotland a last gasp penalty against Hungary.

The Scotland boss was raging at Tello's decision not to award a spot kick when Stuart Armstrong was preparing to shoot and afterwards questioned why an Argentinian ref was in charge at the European Championships. But Tello has won praise in his own country from the Institute of Argentina Refereeing's director, Miguel Scime - an ex-FIFA referee who now advises the world football's governing body.

And he wasn't impressed at Clarke's outburst. He said: "That was a very good job by Facundo Tello and his team of assistants, Gabriel Chade and Ezequiel Brailovsky for the match between Scotland and Hungary. I was sorry Scotland tried to justify their failure to qualify with the comments the coach made. It wasn't a penalty and his comments after the game were just rude. No one has the right to criticise the refereeing team in that way."

Clarke faces a sweat before seeing if UEFA take any action on his outburst where he bitterly complained about Tello's performance and nationality.

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