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RMC analyzes Mbappe's controversial ball: Garcia intentionally touched the ball, so the penalty was accurate

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RMC analyzes Mbappe's controversial ball: Garcia intentionally touched the ball, so the penalty was accurate

Live bar October 11 news after the UEFA Nations League final France beat Spain 2-1. In the 80th minute of the match, Mbappe scored the winning goal. However, there was a lot of controversy about this goal, and the French media RMC also analyzed it.

Many believe that mbappe was in offside position at the moment of passing. However, the point of contention is that Spanish defender Eric Garcia intervened in Theo Hernandez's pass, and whether this is his voluntary intervention remains to be seen.

RMC analyzes Mbappe's controversial ball: Garcia intentionally touched the ball, so the penalty was accurate

So how do the rules explain it: a player in an offside position who receives a ball that the opponent intends to touch, including with his hands or arms, is not considered to have any advantage from his position. Unless the opponent is saving the ball, which involves intercepting or attempting to intercept a ball facing the goal with any part of the body (except hands and arms), except of course the goalkeeper in his own penalty area. RMC said: According to the rules, we seem to understand the penalty.

Busquets said after the game: "We moved the defender line forward and Mbappe was offside. But the referee told us that Eric Garcia tried to touch the ball, but Garcia just tried to cut off the pass line like all centre-backs. ”

Garcia said: "Yes, I touched the ball. But the referee told me I shouldn't touch that ball and that rule was very tough for our players. ”

Alfonso Perez, a referee expert for Spain's Marca newspaper, said: "Mbappe intervened in the match and even though Garcia touched the ball, Mbappe was still in an offside position. When france's offside was so obvious, the video assistant referee couldn't draw the offside line. ”

Such a view is also based on rules: players who return from offside positions or are in offside positions must be punished if they affect the opposing player's ability to kick and fight, or obstruct the opposing player's forward path. However, the referee experts of Spain's Serre radio believe that this argument is invalid, because Mbappe will not interfere with Garcia's movements, and he can easily release the ball or do other things.

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