World Cup 2022: French scream Argentina’s third goal shouldn’t have counted

There has been a lot of talk about the referees of the World Cup final and apparently it will continue. Many focused on the penalty awarded early in the game against Argentina, but another phase has gone viral in the last few hours.

Specifically, it’s about the 3:2 that Argentina scored in the 108th minute of the game. As you can see from the article’s photo, two Albiceleste substitutes are on the pitch when Lionel Messi executes the shot that gave his team the lead.

According to the regulations, this is forbidden because nobody is allowed on the pitch apart from the players playing and the French booed.

It’s certainly a difficult period that was noticed by both the umpires (particularly the fourth) and the VAR.

The same would have to happen with France’s big chance towards the end of the second half of extra time to take the win.

We are of course referring to the stage when Emiliano Martinez saved Radal Kolo Muani’s attempt with a huge save. By this point, before the French player made a shot, almost all of the players on the French bench had entered the field.

What the article in question says in detail

“9. To score a goal with an extra person on the field

If the referee is informed after a goal has been scored, before the game Rebooted that there was an extra person on the field when it was scored the goal:

The referee must award the goal if the extra person:

• a player, substitute, substituted player, suspended player or team official of the team making the putt the goal. Play is restarted with an immediate free kick in the extra person’s place
• an external factor affecting play, unless the goal was the result of the intervention of the named persons above in the text “Additional people on the pitch”. The game starts with a free referee.

The referee must assign the goal if the extra person:

• a player, substitute, substituted player, suspended player or team official of the team who accepts the goal
• an external factor that did not affect the game. In any case, the referee must order his removal additional person from the field. If, after a goal has been scored and play has restarted, the referee determines that another person was on the field of play Goal reached, goal cannot be aborted. As long as that additional person is still on the field of play, the referee must:

to stop the game

order the removal of the additional person,

to restart the game in the corresponding expected correct way:

• free referee or free kick.

The referee must report the incident to the relevant authorities.”.