The controversy was present in the match between Argentina and Egypt in the round of 16 of the World Cup and, although there was emotion due to the Albiceleste’s comeback, Complaints and expressions of disappointment were immediate.
At first, the match was aimed in favor of Egypt, since from In the first half they went ahead 1-0, with a goal from Yasser Ibrahim.
As time passed, desperation took over Argentina in search of a tie, until the final blow came: In the 59th minute, Egypt scored 2-0 and the South Americans’ hopes almost completely disappeared..
However, the first controversy of the match occurred. The referee disallowed Egypt’s goal because, in his interpretation, there was a foul in the area at the beginning of the play.
Complaints did not take long to appear on the Egyptian side, whose members rejected the VAR annulling the goal due to the alleged foul. especially if you take into account that the second goal validated against Egypt originated in a similar play.
This action in itself generated a lot of comment, but the controversies continued, since Egypt claimed an alleged unsanctioned penalty, from which arose the play that led Argentina to come back on the scoreboard.
It was in the first minute of overtime. Both teams tied at two and, inside the Argentina area, a player He committed an alleged foul against Mohammed Salah, an action that the referee allowed to continue.
The Egyptians affirmed that it was a play similar to that of the disallowed goal for their team and that the referee, despite the fact that Both actions had similarities, the foul or the alleged penalty was not sanctioned.