Mohamed Ouahbi: It was definitely handball! | OneFootball

Morocco were knocked out of the World Cup after losing to France in the quarter-finals, amid controversy over a possible handball in the play leading up to Kylian Mbappé’s goal. 

In response, Mohamed Ouahbi, head coach of the Moroccan side, held nothing back when speaking to the press and said:

"Some players stopped because there was a handball. And there definitely was a handball! I don’t know whether it should have been called or not; I have no idea... in the end, it was an individual effort from Kylian Mbappé that led to the goal." 

Should it have been penalized?

According to refereeing analyst Juan Guzmán, the handball should not have been penalized for two reasons: it was incidental, there was no immediate connection to the goal, and possession changed hands, so the goal was correctly allowed to stand. 

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