Makkelie gives a glimpse of the moment of penalty WK-Final 2018 World Cup

As the ball passes through the Croatian hand of Ivan Perisic, the Argentine referee Nestor Pitana gives a goal kick because he has not seen the handball . "Then there were protests from the French," said Makkelie, who was active as a video rifle in 18 world championship contests.

Antoine Griezmann takes the penalty kick. 19659004] Ⓒ EPA

,, At this point, he asks the director of the video if something happened and that he missed something. The videoref (a Spanish-speaking man, by which Makkelie was not a "VAR" in the final, ed.) Said: there is a handball, do you want to see it ? The referee wanted to see for himself because he could not see it. "

With Pitana passing on the side of the field, an agonizing minute broke for the Croats." There, he saw the pictures that were then selected by us and said: this is a handball. Then it is not up to us to find anything. The arbitrator determines. If he had not found it intentionally, he would still have given a corner kick instead of a goal kick.

Pitana, who had a motion from the arm to the ball, and then returned to the screen, but not to weigh his decision again. "He did not come back because he had doubts, but because he wanted to see if a card had to be added," says Makkelie, who understands that a lot of discussions have taken place.

"But the hands are the hardest thing in football, there is still a debate. This must be intentional, but what is deliberate for you is not deliberate for another. Does the ball go in the hand or the ball? Is there a natural or natural movement? Can he do something about it or not? What is the distance?

Pitana was confronted with this incident during the biggest duel of his career, where the most diverse interpretations are possible. In the case of this decision, all Croats were angry.