England followers have been shocked to see Theo Hernandez keep on the pitch after he seemingly denied Mason Mount of a goal-scoring alternative in the course of the Three Lions’ 2-1 defeat by France on Saturday.
Gareth Southgate’s facet suffered a merciless exit from the World Cup within the quarter-finals after Harry Kane’s late penalty miss did not stage the scoreboard.
Aurelien Tchouameni scored France’s opener from distance earlier than Kane equalised along with his first spot-kick of the match shortly after the break, however Olivier Giroud’s header within the 78th minute put Les Blues again in entrance.
Theo Hernandez conceded a late spot-kick for bundling Mason Mount over within the penalty field
Harry Kane blazed the penalty over the crossbar as England suffered a 2-1 defeat by France
Mount was bundled over by Hernandez within the penalty space because the Three Lions chased the sport, however the problem was initially ignored by Brazilian referee Wilton Sampaio, who has since been closely criticised for his poor officiating.
Though England have been handed the penalty on evaluate by VAR, the officers determined to not brandish Hernandez a purple card for his foul on Mount, which confused supporters.
Former Premier League referee Peter Walton insisted {that a} yellow card was the proper determination, as Mount was not but in possession of the ball.
As defined by Walton, for the denial of a goalscoring alternative to happen, which in flip would carry a couple of sending-off, the attacking participant has to have gained possession of the soccer.
Former referee Peter Walton agreed with officers’ determination to not present Hernandez a purple card
He informed ITV: ‘It might be a good query if he denied a goalscoring alternative, sadly for England the participant [Mount] doesn’t have possession of the ball, subsequently it wouldn’t be the denial of a goalscoring alternative.’
Though France saved all 11 gamers on the pitch, England have been handed a golden probability to equalise from the penalty spot, however Kane blazed his effort over the crossbar.
France held on to the 2-1 benefit and can now play Morocco within the semi-finals on Wednesday.
