#广场预测世界杯赢40000U Mbappé on missing the penalty: The repeated reversals of the penalty decision distracted me; in the VAR era, we have to adapt.

July 10, World Cup quarterfinal: France defeated Morocco 2-0 to advance to the semifinals. In this match, Mbappé missed a penalty, but later contributed with one assist and one goal to lead the team to victory. The VAR review for the penalty call took a full 3 minutes and 11 seconds. After the match, Mbappé spoke about the situation on the field in the mixed zone.

Mbappé said: "Actually, I'm not particularly good at taking penalties. The situation was rather complicated. The referee initially told me he had awarded a penalty, so I asked him if the check was finished, and he gave a positive answer. At that moment, Dembélé handed me the ball. However, just as I was concentrating to take the kick, the referee came over and told me the penalty decision had been overturned, and I didn't know what to do for a moment. I first picked up the ball, then put it down... Then he said: 'No, wait, the situation from two minutes ago still needs to be checked.'
That's exactly what happened, and I was indeed distracted by it. Regarding how to stay focused when taking a penalty, I had rehearsed various scenarios in my mind, but I had never encountered such a situation. Now I have to take this kind of situation into account, because the referee might first give a penalty and then overturn it two minutes later. I don't know exactly how long the whole process lasted. This is part of modern football, the new form of football since VAR was introduced, and we just have to adapt to it."

In the 25th minute of the France vs. Morocco match, Mbappé was brought down in the box by Mazraoui, and the referee awarded a penalty. Mbappé took the spot kick but failed to fool Bono, who saved it directly.

Haaland posted a picture of himself watching Mbappé's missed penalty, captioned: "5 minutes for a penalty is way too long."