World Cup final referee Szymon Marciniak hits back at claims Argentina’s goal shouldn’t have stood… as he shows a picture on his phone of ‘SEVEN under -French sailors on the pitch” as Mbappe scored
World Cup final referee Szymon Marciniak has broken his silence on claims that Argentina’s third goal against France should have been disallowed.
The Polish official, 41, has faces demands from the French media that he should have scored the goal because ‘two emotional substitutes’ ran onto the pitch before Lionel MessiThe strike has crossed the line.
More than 200,000 French fans have signed a petition for the final to be replayed due to his perceived “mistakes”, but Marciniak fired back defiantly at the criticism thrown his way.
The French press and fans argued that Lionel Messi’s second goal in the World Cup final should not have stood as two Argentinian substitutes appeared to enter the pitch before the shot.
But Szymon Marciniak claims there were seven French substitutes on the pitch for one of Kylian Mbappe’s goals and showed a photo of them in a press conference.
French players celebrate on the pitch after Kylian Mbappe scores his second goal of the game
At a press conference, as reported Zach Lowy, he took out his phone with a picture he said was when Kylian Mbappe scored one of his three goals against Argentina.
He said: “The French didn’t mention this photo, where you can see how there are seven Frenchmen on the pitch when Mbappe scores a goal.”
After taking a two-goal lead before half-time with goals from Messi and Angel Di MariaArgentina was attached when Mbappe He scored twice in two minutes to extend the game.
The controversial moment then came in the 108th minute as Lautaro Martinez was played on goal. His effort was well saved by Hugo Llorisbut Messi was on hand to exploit the rebound from close range.
The team believes that the goal should have been disallowed due to the entry of the substitutes on the field
Messi was made to wait but the goal was eventually cleared after being checked by VAR
French outlet L’Equipe said the goal should have been contested by Marciniak and his team of officials.
Under the headline, “Why Argentina’s third goal shouldn’t have been scored”, they claim that “two emotionally charged substitutesentered the pitch before Messi’s shot crossed the line which is ‘strictly prohibited’.
The goal was checked by VAR for offside, but replays showed Martinez had just managed to stay in, leading to wild celebrations among the Argentine players and fans.
Mbappe scored a hat-trick but there will be arguments that one of his goals shouldn’t have stood
It’s unclear whether VAR also watched the substitutes enter the pitch, but L’Equipe believe a free kick should have been awarded to France by the letter of the law.
They point out that Law 3, paragraph 9 of the Laws of Football reads as follows: “If, after a goal has been scored, the referee notices before play resumes that an additional person is on the pitch when the goal was scored: the referee The goal must be disallowed if the extra person was: a player, substitute, substituted player, sent off player or official of the team who scored the goal; play shall be restarted with a direct free kick from the position of the extra person.
The referee claims French substitutes were on the pitch when Mbappe, suggesting one of his goals should also have been disallowed.
Mbappe scored a third goal in extra time before Argentina won their third World Cup via a penalty shootout.
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