World Cup Final Referee Szymon Marciniak Admits To Making Honest Mistake

The 41-year-old rightfully awarded three penalties and booked French striker Marcus Thuram for diving without consulting VAR. 

Szymon Marciniak, the World Cup final referee, has admitted to a mistake he committed during the Grand Finale between Argentina and France. 

Marciniak was singled out for praise by most fans and experts including the Chairman of the FIFA referees committee Pierluigi Collina for his inch-perfect calls. 

Despite the ongoing rave about his diligence in unquestionably the best-ever final in World Cup history, Marciniak was quick to point out his own flaw. 

"Of course, there were mistakes in this final," the 41-year-old Polish referee told Sport.PL. 

He continued: "I interrupted the French counter-attack after a bad tackle by Marcos Acuna. 

"I was afraid that the fouled player wanted to unwind, and I read it wrong because nothing happened, and you could give an advantage and then come back with a card.

 "It's hard. In a game like this, I take such a mistake in the dark. The important thing is that there were no big mistakes." 

It was not allowing the advantage to be played when Argentina left-back Marcos Acuna committed a foul, per SportBIBLE.

 France were on the attack and in hindsight, referee Marcinak thinks allowing play to continue would have been the better option .

Source: Sportsbrief