The French failed to defend their world title on Sunday. Les Bleus only lost to Argentina after a penalty shoot-out. The Tricolor team is so unable to come to terms with the defeat that they are looking for the mistakes of the referee Szymon Marchinyak, which should have distorted the result of the match. The Polish referee’s assistants Tomasz Listkiewicz and Pavel Sokolnicki responded to these efforts.
Szymon Marchiniak gets very good marks after the World Cup final in Qatar. The level of refereeing of Polish judges is highly appreciated, for example. legendary judges - Pierluigi Collina and Howard Webb.
In the Pravda Football program by Roman Kolton, the head of the FIFA refereeing team admitted that Marciniak made incredibly accurate decisions. “Today Marciniak is the second most important Pole after the Pope,” said the Italian.
On Polsat News, Szymon Marciniak’s assistants, Tomasz Listkiewicz and Pawel Sokolnicki, said that after the official ceremony, the head of the FIFA referees hugged everyone. In addition, the Italian stressed that this match was beautiful from a football point of view, but difficult to referee.
Criticism of the French in relation to Szymon Marchiniak
However, not everyone shares the enthusiasm of the refereeing experts. The journalists of L’Equipe rated the work of Szymon Marchiniak at “2”, and Didier Deschamps said after the match that the referee is who he is and will be careful what he says. “Some of his decisions can be considered controversial,” he said.
Moreover, according to French journalists, Messi’s second goal in extra time should have been disallowed by the referee of the match, Szymon Marchiniak. “The Argentine substitutes were already on the field before the ball crossed the Hugo Lloris goal line,” we read.
Szymon Marchiniak’s assistants on criticism of the French
Tomasz Listkiewicz and Pavel Sokolnicki referred to these comments in Polsat News. Assistants admit that they understand the anger of the French, who now find it difficult to be objective.
Pavel Sokolnitsky said that Les Bleus talked to the judges and everything was fine, while Listkevich added that the judges know they did a good job, which is confirmed by experts and former judges.
Source: Wprost
