Morocco were knocked out of the World Cup after losing to France in the quarter-finals, amid controversy over a possible handball in the build-up to Kylian Mbappé’s goal.
In response, Mohamed Quahbi, head coach of the Moroccan side, held nothing back in front of the press and said:
“Some players stopped because there was a handball. And there was definitely a handball! I don’t know whether it should have been called or not; I have no idea… in the end, it was an individual effort from Kylian Mbappé that led to the goal.”
Should it have been called?
According to refereeing analyst Juan Guzmán, the handball should not have been called for two reasons: it was incidental, there was no immediate impact on the goal, and there was a change of possession, so the goal was correctly allowed to stand.
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