Alan Shearer speaking on the BBC reckons Xavi Simons scored the opening goal for Netherlands in the 69th minute. However, while the players were celebrating referee Anthony Taylor was discussing the goal with his assistant, and it was disallowed for offside.. Wayne Rooney reckons it’s a goal. Shearer says that Maignan’s body position means there is no way he could dive for the shot by Simons. Therefore Dumfries is not interfering. But no VAR decision was made, it is the referee who decided.
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“The goalkeeper is not impeded, clearly,” adds Gary Lineker. “If you really think you can get the ball, you dive,” says Fabregas, picking up Shearer’s point that Maignan would never have got to the ball anyway. If you go to the monitor, at least the referee can see it and give his own decision,” says Rooney. But now, France and the Netherlands are closer to the next round.
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