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24th December 2022
11:54am GMT

The petition in question (MesOpinions)[/caption]
Lionel Messi put his first goal away from the penalty spot after Ousmane Dembele was judged to have brought down Argentina's Angel Di Maria in the box.
However, the petition says this was "never a penalty", claiming that the contact was minimal and that the 34-year-old Juventus winger went down easily.
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The angry fans reckon Di Maria went down far too easy to win the penalty for Argentina's opening goal (Getty)[/caption]
The petition creators also raised issues with the second goal, claiming Kylian Mbappe was fouled at one end of the pitch by Cristian Romero, and that play should have been stopped there.
Obviously, a foul wasn't called, and a sublime Argentina counterattack was launched and finished with Di Maria getting his own name on the scoresheet to make it 2-0 in the 36th minute.
Going against the widespread praise for Polish referee Szymon Marciniak's performance in the final, the petition claimed the referee was "totally sold" by the Argentinians. The MailOnline reports that the petition is now one of the top 20 most signed demands on MesOpinions. The website states that it requires 500,000 signatories to become one of the top three most signed petitions.Explore more on these topics: