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26th December 2022
11:36am GMT
The MesOpinion petition says that both of Argentina's goals in normal time should never have been allowed to happen and that Marciniak was "totally sold" by the Argentinians.
Some have also pointed out that Messi's extra time goal should have been disallowed because several Argentina substitutes had ran onto the field of play to celebrate before the ball went over the line.
Speaking in Poland last week, Marciniak dismissed many of the criticisms aimed at him, but did admit to one error which cost the French.
"Of course, there were mistakes in this final," the 41-year-old told Sport.PL. "I interrupted the French counter-attack after a bad tackle by (Argentina's) Marcos Acuna.
"I was afraid that the fouled player wanted to unwind, and I read it wrong because nothing happened, and you could give an advantage and then come back with a card. "It’s hard. In a game like this, I take such a mistake in the dark. The important thing is that there were no big mistakes."
"First of all, to penalise this situation it should affect the game. What was the impact of the boys who got up and jumped onto the field?”
On his reception after the match, Marciniak said: “Friends, great referees from France, wrote to me. The reception was great.
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