FIFA WC 2022 Final referee admits Lionel Messi's second goal should have been disallowed

The high-voltage final of the FIFA World Cup 2022 between France and Argentina ended with the latter beating the French outfits by 4-2 in the penalty shootouts. Although, Albiceleste was way better than Hugo Lloris’ men in maximum parts of the game. But it was the hat-trick from the 23-year-old French sensation Kylian Mbappe that provided the best-ever final in the history of the FIFA World Cup.

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Although, a new controversy has been ignited over the second goal of Argentine skipper Lionel Messi that he scored in the 108^th minute of the match. Renowned French news publication L’Equipe published an article with the title, “Why Argentina's third goal shouldn't have been awarded".

“An additional person was on the pitch at the time the goal was scored: the referee must disallow the goal if the extra person was: a player, substitute, substituted player, sent off player or official of the team who scored the goal; play must be restarted with a direct free kick from the place where the extra person was,” reads the article published by L’Equipe.

Subsequently, the Final match’s referee Szymon Marciniak has come up with some big revelations on the same that have left the footballing world in shock.

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I interrupted the French counter-attack - Szymon Marciniak on Lionel Messi's goal

"Of course, there were mistakes in this final. I interrupted the French counter-attack after a bad tackle by Marcos Acuna," said Marciniak to the Sport.

"I was afraid that the fouled player wanted to unwind, and I read it wrong because nothing happened, and you could give an advantage and then come back with a card. It's hard. In a game like this, I take such a mistake in the dark. The important thing is that there were no big mistakes," he added later.

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Speaking of the match between France and Argentina, the latter took an early lead of 2-0 in the first half. But Kylian Mbappe made a stunning comeback with two consecutive goals in the 80^th and 81^st minute of the match. But eventually, La Albiceleste held the nerves to cross the finishing line.