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France score off first-ever World Cup final VAR penalty, but was the ref right?

15 Jul, 2018 16:06
France score off first-ever World Cup final VAR penalty, but was the ref right?
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Les Bleus were beneficiaries of the main innovation of Russia 2018, when the video assistant referees suggested Nestor Pitana review a likely hand ball in the Croatian penalty box. Pitana ordered a spot kick, which France scored.

Antoine Griezmann put the ball to the wrong side of Danijel Subasic, and had a chance to do his trademark goal dance.

But online, opinion of the decision to penalize Ivan Perisic, who had scored just minutes earlier provoked controversy, with diametrically opposed opinions.

Plus ca change, football.