Argentina vs Saudi Arabia: the controversial VAR penalty that gave Messi and the national team their first goal at the World Cup in Qatar

The Argentina national team reached 1-0 against Saudi Arabia after a penalty converted by Lionel Messi. It was the first goal of the national team in Qatar World Cup, and it came with controversy. The infringement was sanctioned by the Slovenian referee slavko vincecwhich was called by LAUNCH when only minutes were played, to review a play by the Asian team in the area. And he decided to pick it up.

According to the picture, there is a slight grip Leandro Paredes. But she is grabbing. The recommendation of Fifa it is to accept this type of foul, and a similar case had already been seen in the match between England and Iran which finished 6-2 in favor of the English.

Messi didn’t worry too much about the controversy and did his job. Rosario’s man picked his left post, spread his foot and calmly beat the goalkeeper, who picked the other spot. Leo thus pulled the plug on the 2018 World Cup, when on his debut he missed a penalty in what was the 1-1 draw of the team led by Sampaoli against Iceland.

It is Messi’s seventh goal in the World Cup, and was three of 10 by Gabriel Batistuta, Argentina’s top scorer in this type of competition. With 8 there are Guillermo Stábile and a certain Diego Armando Maradona.