It was the 87th minute of the World Cup final between Argentina and France, with the score 2-2. Over there, Marcus Thuram dropped into the albiceleste area due to a contact that existed with the right leg of Enzo Fernández.
The referee whistled and the first impression of the fans was the maximum penaltybut it actually ended up being a yellow card for the Borussia Mönchengladbach striker for simulate a foul in attack.
In this move, the Polish judge Szymon Marciniak recognized only on Wednesday that the VAR had seemed criminal in favor of the Europeans.
In the video arbitration booth, where the Pole Tomasz Kwiatkowski and the Venezuelan Juan Soto were, they initially saw a criminal foul of the Argentine and they made it known to the central judge of the struggle at the Lusail Stadium.
The VAR even checked the play with the certainty that there was an infringement by Fernández against the Los Bleus player. However, after several minutes and after a few repetitionsended up coinciding with Marciniak.
“The VAR of the final, by Tomasz Kwiatkowski, He said the team reviewed the incident involving Thuram and intuitively leaned toward overturning the on-field decision, but after reviewing replays concluded the main decision was correct and agreed.”, explained the referee in charge of the definition that Argentina won on penalties.
According to the VAR protocol, the final decision will always be the refereeeither from the VAR information or after having carried out a review on the pitch. There is no time limit for the review processsince accuracy is more important than speed.
The game of controversy
For Thuram, yellow. For Di María, penalty. And that pass into the hands of the Argentine goalkeeper… ???? pic.twitter.com/rZmaFNdpf2
— Martin Diaz (@Soroban075) December 18, 2022
