They called him “a clone of Collina” due to his baldness and “sheriff” qualities, like former Italian whistleblower Pierluigi Collina, who is now the current president of the FIFA Referees Committee, but that little compliment is the only one reserved for him from the French, who still can’t digest the defeat in the final against Argentina: the Polish referee Szymon Marciniakonce he returned to his country he didn’t send them out, snuffing out the controversy and removing more than a stone from his shoes in a way that has few precedents in football.
Ler accusations to the referee
To understand what happened we have to take a small step back: as we saw on Giornale.it, a petition was even launched in France to repeat the match against Messi and his team, since according to the press there were two serious irregularities would have given from across the Alps: The French sports newspaper Equipe pointed to the penalty awarded in the first half for a foul considered “venial”, but especially at Messi’s brief 3-2 in the 108th minute, because, as demonstrated in a still image, a few players from the Argentine bench were on the pitch. If the referee notices the presence of unauthorized persons on the field of play, he can annul the goal. From here on, the nickname “referee sells” and the 2nd vote in the certificate are not missing.
Marciniak’s explanation
Greeted almost as if he were Robert Lewandosky, the Polish referee of the final took the floor and countered: “First of all, this situation should determine the game to be punishable and what effect did the children who got up and jumped on the field have ?” he tells the local press, as stated on Calciomercato.com, explaining his reasons. In short, the game was in no way conditioned when the feet of two or three players were on the field 30-40 meters from the goal, in this case too the French didn’t know how to use common sense.
The still image on the phone
But that’s not all, the real ‘twist’ came with an image saved on your phone showing almost the entire French bench taking to the field in the 119th minute of extra time when they were faced with footballer Kolo Muani with Emiliano Martinez who made a screaming save that allowed us to go to penalties and Argentina to win the cup. They’re picky – he added – So the French didn’t mention the photo where you can see seven players from their bench on the pitch. It’s not very serious to look for those things,” said Marciniak, showing the press the picture in question with a sly smile. According to the French thesis, if they scored the winning goal, the referee should have disallowed the goal, but that could never be happen happened for the reasons explained very well by the whistle above.
On the rules of referees there is a point that is valid like any rule that is precisely dedicated common sense: For example, if a team wins by 4.5 goals or more and there is a lot of stoppage time, the whistle often breaks up the games prematurely because, strictly speaking, the score can no longer be changed in order to avoid the agony of the losers. It is just one small example among dozens to make it clear that even if there is a rule that prohibits the bench from entering the field but does not affect the game in any way, it is clear that a referee will dream Never fear disallowing a goal for this reason, especially in a World Final. It is logical, but the French continue to gnaw.