The World Cup remaining that ended per week in the past had everybody speaking, because the match referee was compelled to take to a news convention to handle claims that Lionel Messi’s extra-time purpose should not have been allowed by exhibiting a photograph on his cellphone of one other decisive second.
Argentina received the ultimate in Lusail, Qatar 4-2 on penalties after the match ended 3-3 following 120 minutes of motion, with Messi scoring twice and Kylian Mbappe bagging a hat-trick for France.
Szymon Marciniak, the primary referee from Poland to officiate a World Cup remaining, confronted criticism from French media that he ought to have chalked off Messi’s extra-time purpose as a result of two Argentina substitutes appeared to enter the pitch earlier than the ball went into the web.
French newspaper L’Equipe talked about the International Football Association Board’s Law 3, paragraph 9, which incorporates that the referee should disallow the purpose if a substituted participant was on the sphere of play when the purpose was scored.
Marciniak responded to the criticism in a novel method.
He pulled up a display screen shot on his cellphone that confirmed seven French substitutes had entered the sphere whereas they had been celebrating one in all Mbappe’s objectives.
“The French didn’t mention this photo, where you can see how there are seven Frenchmen on the pitch when Mbappe scores a goal,” Marciniak mentioned as he held up the cellphone whereas chatting with reporters.
Marciniak’s feedback got here after a petition, asking the ultimate to be replayed because of officiating errors, was launched. The petition has thus far crossed 220,000 signatures.
