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⚖ VAR Verdict · Case #172

Paraguay vs France

FIFA World Cup · 2026/2027 · 2026-07-04

Wrong high confidence
Penalty (push/hold in box)
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Incident
Penalty (push/hold in box)
Law cited
Law 12 — holding or pulling an opponent's shirt is always a foul, never a fair challenge, and inside the penalty area it is a penalty. The test is a clear, one-sided hold that impedes the opponent, as distinct from the mutual jostling both players engage in at a corner.
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Penalty to France — a Paraguay defender pulled Mbappé's shirt in the box at a corner, and a shirt-pull is a holding foul wherever it happens. Provided the hold is clear and one-sided rather than mutual grappling, it is a spot-kick; on the shirt-pull shown, the no-call is wrong.
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On-field decision
Nothing given, no VAR interference
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After a corner, a Paraguay defender pulled Mbappé's shirt in the penalty area and nothing was given. This is a wrong decision. Shirt-pulling is never a fair challenge, and a holding foul in the box is a penalty. Box-holding is refereed loosely — mutual corner grappling is rightly tolerated — but a clear, one-sided shirt-pull is exactly what should rise above that and be punished. WRONG DECISION, medium confidence; it flips to a defensible no-call only if Mbappé was holding too, making it mutual.

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