The referee who awarded Brazil a controversial penalty should not be officiating at the World Cup, says Croatia defender Dejan Lovren.
The hosts won 3-1, but, with 20 minutes left and the score 1-1, Japan's Yuichi Nishimura ruled that Lovren had pulled down striker Fred and Neymar scored from the spot.
"This referee should not be at this World Cup," said Lovren. "It wasn't a mistake, it was a scandal."
The Southampton player added: "It's really disappointing for us because we were playing a good game against a big team.
"Two billion people I think saw that it was not a penalty. I didn't touch him.
"We're really disappointed but what can you do against 12 players? You can't do anything."
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