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Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said that Polish referee Szymon Marciniak's determination to grant a punishment to Inter Milan during their clash with Barcelona successful the 2nd limb of the Champions League was inappropriate.
During the game, which ended 4-3 successful favour of the Italian club, attacker Lautaro Martinez had the shot successful the 18-yard box, and portion moving, Barca defender Cubarsi slid to wide the ball.
However, aft reappraisal by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), Marciniak deemed the situation a foul due to the fact that the defender touched the player's ft archetypal earlier kicking the ball.
During post-match investigation connected beIN SPORTS, Wenger fumed astir the decision, stating that Cubarsi got the shot archetypal from his presumption of the incident.
The Chief of FIFA's Global Football Development said that helium is not a instrumentality of officials utilizing dilatory question to measure an incidental connected a show during games, arsenic it does not springiness a wide representation to beryllium utilized for decisions.
Wenger expressed his disappointment successful referee Marciniak for awarding specified a penalty, considering however Martinez leaned to triumph it, and it wasn't a superior challenge.
"I'm highly against this benignant of penalty, and I'm against utilizing dilatory question connected mean pace. He's archetypal connected the ball. Why does helium interaction him? Look what he's doing, Martinez leans into him [Cubarsi]. He looks for the penalty. He knows helium won't people present due to the fact that helium feels him there.
"And the referee successful this concern shows that helium hasn't made the close decision. Look, he's archetypal connected the ball, and that's what counts for me. It doesn't substance if there's contact. It's who plays the shot and who wins the shot first. I'm highly against this benignant of penalty," helium said.
Watch Arsene Wenger's remark below:
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