Lidberg: "Alex should have had at least two points"

Hungarian Tamas Lorincz rushed to 5-0 in Kazakhstan but then ended up in the dock and Kessidis was very close to getting his shoulders down in the mat but the opponent could roll away.

On the scoreboard it came up 5-2 but it was then taken back by the judging team who had left 5-0. Kessidis challenged but did not get the hearing and instead of 5-2 it became 6-0 as a point went to Hungarian after the missed challenge.

- They are asking for a challenge and he should have at least two points there. He has him in the dock, says Lidberg.

With 0-6, the Swede had to take a chance but went on further backward points and the match was broken due to technical superiority at 8-0 (just the required limit).

Was there something strange about the judge's judgment?

- Alex would have had at least two points. He was close to putting the Hungarian on his back and winning the match on a fall. It was only a few centimeters away, he was close. Always when you have the opponent in a fall threat then you should have points. It was 0-5 and then it would have been 2-5, says Lidberg.

Lidberg suffers with Kessidis who beat Lorincz a month ago.

- It's sad, he has the capacity to win the match but never gets the chance to get right into the match. It should not be as big numbers, it is two even wrestlers.

Although it was a snowy finish to a successful championship, 24-year-old Kessidis broke through and took his first World Cup medal.

- It's been a generational shift and we need a new star. Alex could very well win the World Cup gold and take Olympic medals, predicts Lidberg, who is still Sweden's last world champion in wrestling on the men's side.