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François Letexier, referee of the quarter -final return of the Champions League between Real Madrid and Arsenal, interrupted the game at length to check a potential a potential fault in the surface on Kylian Mbappé.
The whole stadium retained his breath for long minutes. Forced to achieve an authentic feat on his lawn to go back on 3-0 conceded to the Emirates Stadium in the first leg, Real Madrid has a time to have a gold opportunity to open the score this Wednesday evening against Arsenal.
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In the 23rd minute, Kylian Mbappé, slightly surrounded by Declan Rice, collapsed in the surface of the Gunners. François Letexier, the French referee of this meeting, decides to indicate the penalty spot. It was then that a long time of floating began.
Seven minutes of additional time at the break
While a crowd forms around François Letexier, the latter awaits the validation of the penalty through his colleagues from the video. After four minutes of waiting during which the tricolor referee awaits the Var verdict, he decides to go see the images on the video screen himself. A new minute flows before François Letexier makes his decision and announces the cancellation of the penalty, considering an absence of fault on Mbappé.
Between the moment when the penalty was whistled (22'30 “) and the final decision (27'30”), five long minutes sold. For comparison, François Letexier had put 45 seconds to validate the penalty given to Arsenal in the 10th minute for a hanging between Asencio and Merino. On this action, the referee had also gone to see the images by himself.
Despite seven minutes of additional time, the two teams returned to the locker room on a zero and blank score (0-0).
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