Paris Saint-Germain lost 3-1 to Lorient and there was an interesting scene when Kylian Mbappe tackled the opposing goalkeeper and then pushed an empty goal. The Lorient players protested, but the referee decided that the goal was valid! What's going on here?
Let's take a look at what's going on. In the 27th minute, Mbappe fell to the ground in the box under the defense of a number of players, and the referee Brisard did not award a penalty. Lorient goalkeeper Mwogo then picked up the ball, took two steps and threw it on the ground. Mbappe broke the ball and sent it into an empty goal!
The Lorient players were quite unhappy with this, but in fact the goal was completely valid and there was no problem. Because after Mbappe fell to the ground, the referee neither blew a penalty, nor did he fake a fall, nor did he award a free kick, so the game continued and was in a "live ball" state.
At this point, Mvogo himself threw the ball to the ground, which was equivalent to passing the ball forward, only to pass to the opponent, and Mbappe smiled and fully complied with the requirements of the rules.
However, there is another question: in October last year, Cristiano Ronaldo, who is still playing for Manchester United, also made a steal and then pushed an empty goal, why was it not counted? Because the situation is not the same.
At that time, Ronaldo returned from an offside position and cooperated with his teammates to score a goal, which was ruled invalid. Then, the opponent Newcastle won an indirect free kick at the back, at this time the game is in a "dead ball" state, if the indirect free kick is not issued, then Ronaldo cannot touch the ball.
However, the controversy is whether the Newcastle defender kicked the ball back to the goalkeeper and sent this indirect free-kick off? The referee on duty thought it didn't count, and this was where Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United players were dissatisfied, and they were shown yellow cards for protests.