It is an action that the Moroccans will no doubt ponder after their defeat against France in the semi-finals of the World Cup. Just before half an hour, when the score was 1-0 for the Blues, Sofiane Boufal and Théo Hernandez collided in the French area. Referee’s verdict: yellow card for the SCO winger. But on closer inspection, it is the left side who, after recovering the ball, loses control and slips before colliding with his opponent.
Sofiane Boufal, he could only suffer the shock with Hernandez and whistling a penalty on it would not have been a scandal. This is also the opinion of Rio Ferdinand, who commented on the match on the BBC. “He gets the ball back, but then he grabs the legs. Everywhere else on the pitch it’s a foul… so why didn’t he give away a penalty! In any case, he (Boufal) certainly does not deserve yellow, ”said the former Manchester United defender.
The referee of the match was in any case not called by his assistants in charge of the VAR. Good for the Blues. As President Emmanuel Macron would say after the meeting, “Didier Deschamps is there with his baraka”.