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No penalty..Ref back on script
He is going down before the contact but what is passing me off is how sure this ref is. That at least deserved a quick VAR before whipping the card out.
8 Minutes for France to win it,
Argentina have offered nothing since the game drew level.
Unfortunately unless you go down you do not get a penalty. So people will dive. It was a foul would be given anywhere so should be given in the box
He does have VAR in his ear, so there may have been some quick communication to confirm.
They're in shock I'd say.
I was going to turn off the soccer at 70 minutes - glad I didn't now. That Mbappe second goal was class.
Argentina's second goal was even better than this one by the Argentines in 2006 WC v Serbia IMO.
Was that a back pass?
So close France !! Great advantage played, ref has been spot on this half tbf
Argentina better off holding for ET
Arguably a pass back from Molina to Martinez there
Ref letting Argentina fouls go unpunished
Why hasn't Scaloni brought anyobody on?
Yeah, advantage shouldn't stop the card being dished out.
So far every tackle has deserved a yellow according to yourself 🤣🤣🤣
Looked far too central, but some whack
Messi didn't half hit that, good save.
Argentina are a mess here...
That was a good save that ball was swerving at the last second.
Wasn’t his foot
So now he dishes a yellow when the advantage was on
Ha ha ref stops when advantage on to give a yellow
Acuna gets his yellow
Terrible refereeing
In fairness that’s one we see City do 5 times a game without a yellow, so wouldn’t necessarily expect one there.
Amazing game. Argentina looked home and dry before the final stages and then everything went bonkers. Hope it's decided in extra time and not through penalties.
Least it's turned into a proper final
Jesus.
Doesn't book Tagliafico when France have no advantage, but calls back play to book Acuna when France have an overload.
They will have to win this despite playing against 12 - shocking!
That last 20 minutes was brilliant
Yeah, what a time and place to have such a cool head, or knee as it were.
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