Argentina legend Diego Maradona has apologised to Fifa for saying England committed a "monumental robbery" in beating Colombia in the FIFA World Cup last 16.
Maradona accused referee Mark Geiger of bias towards England.
Fifa said his comments were "entirely inappropriate" and insinuations about the referee "completely unfounded".
Maradona has admitted saying a couple of things and some of them are unacceptable.
Maradona posted his message below a picture of himself and Fifa president, apologising to both the Swiss and football's world governing body.
57-year-old Maradona felt the referee should have penalised Harry Kane for a foul on Colombia's Carlos Sanchez instead of awarding the penalty that allowed the England captain to open the scoring just before the hour mark in Moscow.
Maradona was pictured wearing a Colombia shirt prior to the game and TV images showed him celebrating Yerry Mina's late equaliser.
Fifa said it was "extremely sorry" to read the comments from a player who has written the history of their game.
Colombia captain Radamel Falcao also accused the referee of bias, calling the American's performance "shameful".
In the quarter-finals, Belgium will play Brazil at 6am tomorrow while France will play Uruguay at 2am.
England takes on Sweden at 2am Sunday while Russia and Croatia will play at 6am Sunday.
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