At 79' with France leading Iraq 3-0, Mbappé took the ball down the right channel and engaged Iraqi defender Aimar (#20) in a 1v1 inside the penalty area. Mbappé nutmegged the defender — the ball was played between the Iraqi's legs and past him, out of his reach to legally contest. Instead of turning to chase the ball or simply giving way, the defender held his position blocking Mbappé's running path AND deliberately shifted body weight to his left leg to deliver a shoulder check on the running attacker. Mbappé fell from the contact. The on-field referee judged the contact as fair and waved play on; VAR did not intervene. On the merits, this is a missed penalty. Once the ball was past the defender via the nutmeg, the legal contest for the ball was over. The defender's deliberate body action — holding the line AND bracing to make contact — is textbook impeding-with-contact / charging without playing the ball under Law 12. Inside the penalty area, that mandates a penalty kick. WRONG NO-CALL, HIGH confidence.
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