A slightly controversial moment happened this evening (Tuesday) in the semi-finals of the World Cup between the national teams of Argentina and Croatia in Qatar, with a penalty whistled in favor of Argentina.
In the 32nd minute, Julián Albers was sent a long ball and tried to bounce and pass the Croatian goalkeeper Libakovic, who ran into him and tripped him, but doubtless in a deliberate way.
The Croatian goalkeeper and also Kovacic who expressed his anger to the referee received yellow cards, but the Croatians protested the decision.
Immediately after that, Leo Messi went to the penalty spot, in his fourth penalty of the tournament (!), and shot with his left foot into the upper net to give the Argentina team a 0:1 lead.
It was Messi's fifth goal in the tournament and 11th in the World Cup.
1/1 Dominik Liebakovic, the goalkeeper of the Croatian national team, trips Julian Albers, a player of the Argentine national team
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According to the English commentators, by the way, the decision is clear.
Gary Neville claimed on the broadcast that "there's no way it's a penalty", Ian Wright said that "they didn't even check with VAR, I have no idea why, it's not a penalty", while Roy Keane claimed: "I agree with the friends. For me it's not penalty".
By the way, Argentina became the team that receives the most penalties in the tournament since 1978. The only two teams that received four penalties in the tournament are the Netherlands (1978) and Portugal (1966).
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