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During the clash between France and the Netherlands, this Friday at Euro 2024 (0-0), a goal was denied to the Batavians A valid goal.
A perfectly valid goal. Xavi Simons’ achievement against the Blues during France – Netherlands, ultimately canceled, should not have been canceled according to the expertise of Stéphane Lannoy, former referee, speaking on RMC. As a reminder of the context, 20 minutes from time, Simons opened the scoring, but Anthony Taylor, the English referee of this match, decided to refuse the goal after a long video check. He thus considers that Denzel Dumfries, in an offside position, hampered the French goalkeeper, Mike Maignan.
“For me it’s clearly a valid goal,”
regretted Ronald Koeman, the Dutch coach, to the media at the end of the match. “ Ok, our player (Dumfries, Editor’s note) is in an offside position. But look at the images: he does not bother the French goalkeeper who is late and does not have the possibility of diving. The presence of a player in his vicinity changes nothing. Look: from Simons’ shot, Maignan is beaten. He is no longer able to prevent the goal. »
“The goal should have been validated”
“I have a pretty strong opinion on the situation. For me, the goal should have been validated. There are several things to say about these offside situations. When a player is in an offside position near the goalkeeper, the first question to ask is ‘is the player obstructing the goalkeeper’s line of vision, Is he right in the path of the ball?’ In this case, this is not the case. It does not hinder Mike Maignan’s vision of the shot. He can also be close to the goalkeeper and hinder his support, which does not seem to be the case in this situation either. »analyzed for his part the former referee Stéphane Lannoy.
“I think the referee considered that the proximity of the Dutch player next to Mike Maignan hampered his support. Not on his line of vision but on his supports” , he added.
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