Szymon Marciniak, the referee for the World Cup remaining, has responded to claims that Lionel Messi’s extra-time objective ought to have been disallowed.
- Messi made it 3-2 in additional time
- French media claimed objective should not have stood
- Marciniak highlighted France’s encroachment
WHAT HAPPENED? Messi’s strike made it 3-2 in extra-time earlier than Kylian Mbappe’s second penalty of the night made it 3-3 within the dying embers, earlier than Argentina had been victorious 4-2 within the shootout. French media after the match claimed Argentina’s third objective should not have stood as a result of encroachment of substitutes on the pitch – a declare that has since been refuted – and Marciniak supplied a superb response when questioned.
WHAT THEY SAID?: “The French did not point out this picture, the place you possibly can see how there are seven Frenchmen on the pitch when Mbappe scores a objective,” the Polish official said, holding an image of the encroachment to reporters.
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Marciniak’s quip ought to put to mattress any controversy over Messi’s second and Argentina’s third. The response from France’s media is not the one backlash to observe Sunday’s memorable World Cup remaining, although, because the French FA have since launched a grievance over Argentina’s celebrations again in Buenos Aires, which noticed goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez holding a toy child with Mbappe’s face hooked up to it.
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WHAT NEXT? An objectively well-refereed remaining from Marciniak ought to see the Pole take cost of essential matches in Europe and past.
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