Wata yanke shawara na VAR mai rikici a lokacin da Faransa ta doke Senegal 3-1 a New York New Jersey Stadium ya bar wasu daga cikin manyan alkalai na duniya cikin mamaki — kuma ya kunna muhawara mai zafi tsakanin masana da suka halarci wasan.
Lamarin ya faru a minti na 58 yayin da wasan ke ci gaba ba tare da kowa ya ci gol ba. Kylian Mbappe ya fadi a cikin kwallon hukunci bayan cikas daga Sadio Mane, kuma alkalin wasa Alireza Faghani an aike shi ya duba allon bidiyo a gefen filin.
Yanke shawarar da ta girgiza masu kallo
Bayan duba allon, Faghani ya zama yana nuna zuwa wurin bugun daga kai tsaye, abin da ya sa magoya bayan Faransa suka yi farin ciki sosai a cikin filin. Farin cikinsu bai daɗe ba duk da haka — domin ainihin abin da alkalin ya yi shi ne nuna bugun gida na gol, yana mai cewa Mbappe ne ya fara saɓanin tuɓaɓɓarwar.
Darren Cann, wanda ya kasance mataimakin alkalin wasan karshe na Kofin Duniya na 2010, ya bayyana mamaki nasa yayin magana da BBC One, yana cewa: "Wayata ta cika da saƙon wasu daga cikin manyan alkalai na duniya waɗanda su ma ba su fahimci dalilin da ya sa ba'a ba da bugun daga kai tsaye ba. A gare ni, wannan bugun daga kai tsaye ne a fili sosai, kuma ina mamaki ƙwarai da ya ki nuna wuri bayan bita mai inganci na VAR."
Pat Nevin, tsohon ɗan wasan Scotland wanda ya halarta don BBC Radio 5 Live, ya kira yanke shawarar "mara kyau", yana ƙara da cewa: "Ba'a gane ko kaɗan. Yaya Mbappe zai iya fara hulɗar? Wannan shi ne mafi ban haushi da na taɓa ji."
Alan Shearer, tsohon kyaftin din Ingila wanda ya halarta don BBC One, ya bayyana yanke shawarar a matsayin "abin mamaki", yana cewa: "Ban gane ba. Kuna iya ganin yadda Mane ya ruga da ƙafarsa ta hagu ta taɓa Mbappe. Yaya Mbappe zai iya fara hulɗar idan yana gabanshi?"
Mbappe ya rubuta tarihi duk da rikicin
A ƙarshe, muhawara ta bai cutar da sakamakon ba: Faransa ta lashe 3-1, Mbappe ya ci kwallaye biyu a wasan kasarsa na 99. Ta haka, dan wasan Real Madrid ya wuce Olivier Giroud ya zama mafi yawan ci a tarihin Faransa da kwallaye 58, kuma ya zama mafi yawan ci a Kofin Duniya don Faransa da kwallaye 14 a wasanni 15 na gasar.
