World Cup remaining referee Szymon Marciniak has revealed how Paulo Dybala ‘lunged’ at him in gratitude and Lionel Messi thanked him after Argentina’s victory – earlier than he supplied consoling phrases to France’s Kylian Mbappe.
The Polish official, 41, definitely had his arms full throughout Sunday’s classic remaining in Qatar, awarding three penalties and reserving eight gamers earlier than Argentina gained in a shoot-out.
And Marciniak, on his return to his house village of Slupno, spoke of his expertise of officiating the most important match in world soccer.
World Cup remaining referee Szymon Marciniak has spoken about his expertise, together with how he embraced a distraught Kylian Mbappe after France’s defeat to Argentina
Lionel Messi was one of many gamers who confirmed their gratitude to Marciniak after the sport
Marciniak stated Paulo Dybala ‘lunged’ at him in gratitude throughout Argentina’ celebrations
Argentine striker Dybala, who has Polish heritage, was particularly effusive.
‘After the sport, we had been standing and he out of the blue lunged at me,’ stated Marciniak, as reported by Przeglad Sportowy.
‘He began thanking me as if I had scored the decisive penalty. Paulo has a Polish grandmother and he’ll at all times come ahead and say just a few phrases in Polish.
‘Every time he noticed us refereeing Juventus when he was taking part in there, he would come over to speak.’
Marciniak, who took cost of three video games on the Qatar World Cup, stated Messi thanked him after the match and acknowledged it was a troublesome one to maintain beneath management.
Marciniak returned to his house village after getting back from Qatar following the ultimate
Polish officers (left to proper) Tomasz Kwiatkowski, Tomasz Listkiewicz, Szymon Marciniak, Pawel Sokolnicki pose for photos after their return to Warsaw
The referee embraced a distraught Mbappe afterwards after the France striker’s hat-trick was in useless. Hugo Lloris and Olivier Giroud had been among the many different French gamers to point out their appreciation to Marciniak.
Marciniak additionally took cost of the group stage recreation between France and Denmark, and in addition the last-16 encounter between Argentina and Australia.
His efficiency in a chaotic remaining drew reward from a lot of fellow referees together with Pierluigi Collina and Howard Webb.
Sportsmail’s Mike Dean stated Marciniak was ‘excellent’ and the choice to not award Marcus Thuram a penalty, as an alternative reserving him for simulation, was ‘one of the best determination’ of the World Cup.
Marciniak brandished eight yellow playing cards and awarded three penalties throughout a chaotic remaining
Earlier than the ultimate, Marciniak stated he solely acquired into refereeing as a result of he was despatched off for abusing an official throughout his taking part in days.
He stated: ‘I used to be fairly a promising participant based on my coaches however I acquired despatched off as soon as after I was fouled from behind. I began arguing, and needed a pink card for the opponent however the referee did not agree with me.
‘He stated: ‘for this, dissent, yellow card for you, Marciniak. And, I used to be like: ‘What are you saying to me?’ I used to be fouled from behind and my Achilles was nearly damaged, and also you give me a yellow card. So I began once more and he gave me a second yellow card.
The referee needed to take care of the antic of Argentina keeper Emiliano Martinez within the shoot-out
‘So then I acquired livid and stated, ‘You’re the worst referee I’ve ever seen.’ In fact, I used worse phrases than that.
‘We spoke after the sport, and he advised me: ‘In case you assume that is simple work, you may go and take a look at. You will note.’
‘And I used to be considering, why not? I’ve to show that he’s actually poor and I will probably be higher. So, instantly I went on a course.’
