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Man Utd defender Lindelof: All referees must speak English!

Manchester United defender Victor Lindelof was left frustrated with his booking in Sweden's World Cup qualifying defeat in Greece.

Lindelof was unhappy with the Russian referee, who, according to Lindelof, could not communicate in English.

"I think there should have been more overtime. I tried to tell him that after the match, but he was hard to communicate with," said the defender.

"He could not answer and instead he gave me a yellow card. If you judge international matches, then you must be able to communicate in English.

"I got a yellow card after the match because I asked why no more minutes had been added. I do not think he understood what I was saying, and of course I'm a little annoyed about that."

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