The match between France and Denmark was announced as one of the hits of the group stage. Defending champions France, weakened by many injuries, faced Denmark in Doha. The two teams have faced each other frequently in recent years, including the group stage of the World Cup finals four years ago in Russia, where the result was goalless.
He did it during the Polish match. The video is going around the web. Millions of views
The referee of Saturday’s match was Szymon Marciniak. The 41-year-old referee from Płock led his first match in Qatar, but the third in the world championship overall, counting from the World Cup in Russia. Tomasz Listkiewicz (son of Michał Listkiewicz, former president of the Polish Football Association) and Paweł Sokolnicki helped him on the lines, and Tomasz Kwiatkowski was the VAR referee.
Qatar 2022. The French are furious with Szymon Marciniak
The first half ended with a goalless draw, and the main role was played by… the Polish referee. In the 20th minute, Andreas Christensen fouled Kylian Mbappe who was starting to clear. Marciniak showed the Danish representative only a yellow card, which infuriated the French. According to them, he should have sent the FC Barcelona defender off the pitch. They gestured, begged, and even shouted, but nothing came of it. Marciniak did not change his mind.
On Twitter, the newspaper “L’Equipe” posted a photo taken shortly after the incident. “Irritation of the French bench after Andreas Christensen’s foul on Kylian Mbappe,” the photo was captioned.
Was the Tricolor team really right? – Szymon Marciniak’s decision was the right one. The Polish referee saw the situation perfectly well and immediately showed the players the reasons for his decision. Right next to Mbappe were two Danish players who had the French striker within reach. If they were even a little further from him, Szymon Marciniak’s decision would be different – former international judge Rafał Rostkowski explains in an interview with “Fact”.
Michniewicz’s behavior on the sideline speaks for itself. He experienced it a lot [ZDJĘCIA]
The French turned out to be better than the Danes playing in full squad. They won 2-1, thus securing promotion to the 1/8 finals.