There is a petition circulating on the internet for the 2022 FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and France to be replayed. The petition has been created on a platform called ‘MesOpinions’. It is not surprising that this is a French platform.
The petition has been formulated with the name: “The referee was totally bought, there was never a penalty + foul on MBAPPE in the 2nd goal!!!! Sign and share en masse for the match to be replayed!”
On December 18, 2022, at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar, Argentina prevailed over France in the final to lift the World Cup trophy after 36 years. At the end of normal time, the match was tied at 2-2. By the end of 120 minutes, Argentina’s Lionel Messi had scored a brace and France’s Kylian Mbappe had scored a hat-trick to tie the match at 3-3. Argentina won the match in a penalty shootout 4-2.
Over 250,000 people have signed a petition to see France vs. Switzerland replayed.
The petition claimed that goalkeeper Yann Sommer did not have his feet on or behind the goal line before saving Kylian Mbappe’s penalty 👀
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— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) July 2, 2021
Many have considered this to be the best soccer match ever. However, many people in France want it to be played again. So, the petition has been rolled out. Such instances are not new to the world of soccer. A similar petition was rolled out last summer. This was in relation to replaying the match between France and Switzerland. France was knocked out of the Euro 2020 by Switzerland on penalties.
More than 200,000 fans already signed the petition to replay Argentina vs. France 2022 World Cup finals
At the time of writing this, the petition has garnered over 216,000 signatures. More than 216,000 people think that referee Szymon Marciniak was at fault during the final. The petition has argued that the Polish referee wrongfully awarded a penalty to Argentina. In effect, it means, Ousmane Dembele’s challenge on Angel Di Maria was not worthy of a penalty.
It also stated that Tottenham Hotspur defender Cristian Romero fouled France’s hat-trick hero Mbappe in the build-up to the counterattack that led to Di Maria scoring Argentina’s second goal.
France launched petition to get world cup final replayed.
2022 is the year of denial for presidential candidates and footballers. pic.twitter.com/I5qQdq9FcW— Oprono (@Oprono77) December 23, 2022
In addition, there are more than 90,000 comments on the petition. Comments such as, “We want to replay this match because the referee was for the Argentinians and he only whistled for French faults!” and “The referee was corrupt.”
However, many others believe referee Marciniak did a good job in officiating the final.
When it comes to most signatures, this petition to replay the final is already in the top 20. If the signatures exceed half a million, it would become one of the three most popular on MesOpinions.