Hatred :
in my opinion, Egypt should have won the match.
First, Egypt’s second goal should never have been disallowed. The referee let play continue, then VAR went back about 21 seconds to find a foul that happened far away from the goal. Egypt completed several passes after that, so I don’t think it should have been considered part of the same attacking move. If that goal had stood, Egypt would have been 2–0 up.
Second, Mohamed Salah appeared to be fouled in the penalty area before Argentina’s winning goal. The referee didn’t award a penalty and VAR didn’t send him to the monitor. If Egypt had received that penalty, they could have scored, and Argentina’s winning attack would never have happened.
Third, Hamdi Fathy also had a penalty appeal that I believe deserved at least a VAR review. Instead, play continued immediately, even though VAR had already shown it was willing to review incidents much earlier in Egypt’s attacking move.
The biggest issue for me is the inconsistency. VAR went back over 20 seconds to cancel Egypt’s goal, but it didn’t intervene in the same way when Egypt had penalty appeals. To me, that felt like the standard changed depending on which decision benefited.
I also think the repeated yellow cards shown to Egyptian players and staff for protesting reflected how frustrated they were with the officiating throughout the match.
When I put all of those moments together, I feel Egypt were denied crucial decisions that could have changed the result. If Egypt’s second goal had counted and at least one of the penalty appeals had been given, I believe Egypt would have won the match instead of losing 3–2. That’s why, in my opinion, Egypt deserved to go through.
2026-07-08 01:54:53