El Salvadorian referee Ivan Barton responded quite harshly to the players of the Senegal national team on appeals regarding a possible penalty in the match of the 1/8 finals of the 2022 World Cup with England (0:3).
In one of the episodes, the ball hit the hand of English defender John Stones. The Senegalese began to emotionally demand a penalty from the referee, to which Ivan Barton replied: "Shut up!" It so coincided that at the very moment of a harsh response to the football players from Senegal, a close-up of the referee was broadcast on television. Videos of this episode have gone viral on social media.