WAR's decision in the French - Senegal game that surprised the best judges in the world

In the 58th minute, with the result still 0-0, French attacker Kyian Mubpee collapsed inside the area after a contact with Senegal's captain, Sadio Mane. Judge Alireza Faghani was called by the VAR to review the case on the monitor near the field.

After consulting with the images, Faghani returned to the field and initially formed the impression that he would grant the penalty for France. However, he signalled shocks from the gate, arguing it was Mbarppe who had initiated contact.

The decision prompted immediate reactions. Darren Can, former judge in the 2010 World Cup final, declared for BBC that he had received messages from some of the best judges in the world who could not understand why the penalty was not given, reports Telegraph, broadcast Periscope

My cell phone is filled with messages from highest-level judges who also don't understand why the penalty was not awarded”, Cann said.

Even former Scotland Deputy Pat Nevin named the decision “absurd”.

I don't understand. Mane's intervention and the fact that his left leg hits Mbarpeen can be clearly seen. How could he have initiated contact when he was in front of his opponent? It's a really strange decision”, Shearer declared.

Despite the controversy, France succeeded in triumphing with a score of 3-1 against Senegal. The main protagonist was exactly Mbappe, who achieved two goals and went to history as the best goalist of all time for France, passing Olivier Giroud with 58 goals in 99 presentations.

Real Madrid's striker also set another record, becoming France's best scorer in World Cup history with 14 goals in only 15 tournament matches.

After the match, France's coach, Didier Deschamps, also expressed his disappointment with the decision.

As far as the situation is concerned, there was a VAR review and I won't tell you what I told the fourth judge. When the judge said Kilian had stepped forward, I'm not sure I saw anything like this. In my opinion the penalty was to be issued. But the judge is always the one who puts the”, Deschamps said.

Darren Cann also remained convinced that the decision was wrong.

For me it was a clean penalty. V The AR did the right thing by sending the judge to the monitor, so I'm extremely surprised that he didn't show the white point”, the former English judge concluded. /Periscope