Referee Wilton Sampaio has been closely criticised for his officiating as England crashed out of the World Cup with a 2-1 defeat to France.
Sampaio made a lot of contentious choices all through England’s quarter-final defeat, together with not giving the Three Lions a penalty when Harry Kane was introduced down by Dayot Upamecano contained in the field within the first-half.
Bukayo Saka was additionally fouled by the Bayern Munich defender within the build-up to France’s first purpose via Aurelien Tchoameni.
Followers and pundits together with Gary Neville have slammed Sampaio for his efficiency within the quarter-final.
Mark Clattenburg, nonetheless, has assessed the official’s calls and felt he received all the large calls proper on the night.
Referee Wilton Sampaio has been closely criticised for his officiating within the quarter-final
Harry Kane was introduced down by Dayot Upamecano as England pressed for a gap purpose
Was there a foul on Bukayo Saka within the build-up to France’s first purpose?
Dayot Upamecano’s problem occurred on quarter-hour, 58 seconds. Aurelien Tchouameni scored on 16 minutes, 22 seconds.
That was a very long time between Upamecano’s alleged foul and Tchouameni’s nice purpose, and VAR Nicolas Gallo would have needed to determine it was all a part of the identical attacking section to advocate that the purpose must be disallowed.
In any case, from the replays it seemed a good problem by Upamecano on Saka, so the purpose was proper to face.
Buakyo Saka (proper) gave the impression to be fouled by Upamecano within the construct as much as France’s first purpose
Harry Kane claimed England ought to have been awarded a penalty when he was challenged by Upamecano. Replays steered he was unfairly felled in a tangle of legs.
The query is: was the contact contained in the penalty space?
I studied the replays and got here to the identical conclusion as Gallo — the final contact made by Upamecano was simply exterior the world. France had been saved by the best of margins.
