Spain

FT

1 : 2

vs

HT 0 : 0

France

Totally agree.

learn the rules of football before complaining. Defender touches the ball.

GO watch Dimaria copa final goal, same situation, goal allowed, rules respected. Thank you

It's not offside according to the rules, the defender shouldn't have touched the ball.

From the FA:
"A player in an offside position receiving the ball from an opponent, who deliberately plays the ball (except from a deliberate save), is not considered to have gained an advantage."

Why do you continue to complain about the refs? Either accept that we cant do anything about it, or stop watching football.

Mbappe was offside in the moment of the pass, Garcia was never in the possession of the ball. If Simon reached the ball he could have saved it with his hands, it wasn't new play. To add more heat, this all started with foul throw https://streamable.com/o5isiz so according to any logic VAR should have cancelled this goal for 2 reasons, they didn't.

Imagine a deep cross with an attacker being in an offside position by 3 meters at the far post and a defender trying to clear the ball with a header. It skims off the top of his head to an attacker who scores. Not an offside because a defender tried to play the ball. Lovely.

Yes. But then again, these are the rules. García touched the ball because he wanted to, so no offside. Tough luck for Spain, get over it.

Ball was going clearly to Mbappe, who interferes with the play, no matter, therefore it’s offside. You say Garcia cancelled the offside, but he only went for that ball because Mbappe was chasing it, he was never in possession of it.

can't you see the rule? It says a player in the offside position. We all know who the ball was going to. It doesn't change the outcome of no offside. The referees have explained already, garcia was making a save but because it wasn't close to goal it wasn't classed as a save, therefore its the correct decision.

If this true applied to everything, any striker could just run straight to the ball even if he was 10 meters offside, just stop before defender makes 1 touch them keep chasing him.

"This is and always has been offside. The pass was intended for Mbappe, so it makes him offside the moment the pass was given. It's not like the pass was intended for another attacker and only ended up with Mbappe because a defender changed its course. The rule is not for a defender trying to intercept a pass to an offside attacker."

And if you wanna read the rules, here "A player in an offside position shall be penalised if he: makes an obvious action which clearly impacts on the ability of an opponent to play the ball" Did Mbappe run from offside position made impact on what Garcia did? Yes.

Making a pass for the defender to intentionally deflect it whilst making sure it goes to the attacker is such a low probability of happening. The defenders will easily see the attacker is offside and raise his arms to show he didnt go for the ball.

You have made an error in comprehension. What obvious action from mbappe impacted Garcia's "ability" to play the ball? He made no physical contact with him and he wasn't even near Garcia, which is what this rule is talking about.

How the hell could MBappé be interfering with García? If he'd pulled his shirt or elbowed him, maybe, but he was several meters away! García just flopped his tackle and slipped the ball to MBappé. Too bad for Spain, but the goal is perfectly legal, as confirmed by every serious sports analyst.

Quikzyyy, there's no denying MBappé is offside when the pass is made, but the moment he receives the ball from García, his position becomes legal. It's the same rule as when a player stays behind the keeper to steal the ball.

why did UEFA gave the assist to Hernandez then? If Garcia started the new play, which cancelled the offside there should be no assist.

And how is Mbappe interferering with the play? First, the ball is going directly to him therefore linesman should already raise his flag (but due to rule change they are supposed to let the game go) if they are not sure. Second, his run is directly influencing Garcia decision and how he deals with ball. If Mbappe isn’t making that run, Garcia isn’t doing this tackle.

MBappé's run doesn't qualify as interfering with the opponent as defined in the rules: he didn't block his opponent's vision, he didn't challenge him, he wasn't trying to play a ball close to himself, he didn't clearly impact the ability of the opponent to play the ball. So technically speaking, there was no interference. Sorry. 🤷‍♂️

There's literally no interference from mbappe. Defenders will always expect attackers to be around them even if they aren't there. For example many times defenders kick the ball out in crosses because they expect attackers to be around them

Because Garcia touches the ball

Garcia touches the ball before it gets to Mbappé

Taken from the FA offside rule:

"A player in an offside position receiving the ball from an opponent, who
deliberately plays the ball (except from a deliberate save), is not considered
to have gained an advantage."

Garcia touch doesn't mean Mbappe is ONSIDE, he didn't pass to him, he didn't start a new play. The rule has always been and still is that it has to be a deliberate pass.

No, the rule says the defender has to touch the ball deliberately, not make a deliberate pass to the opponent (I mean, who would ever do that). For example, if the ball had just bumped on the defender while he had his eyes closed, MBappé would have been offside, but García goes for the ball, so no offside.

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