Analysis of Penalty Decision in Football

Mbappe did not get a penalty in this situation

So he was in the penalty area with the ball and then was held on the shirt and the referee played on here and VR

Did not intervene

So when you look at the situation, he was held on the shirt, but at the same time he also held Rogers shirt

So there is a mutual holding by two players here and technically there are two offenses happening at the same time by two opposing players

So according to law when this happens a referee can punish the more serious offense in terms of restart

So technically a penalty can be given here when there is mutual holding but it is not appropriate decision in a situation like this

Because the holding offenses that occur in this situation are basically identical

So when that happens the appropriate decision is simply to play on and not call a penalty

So a penalty is not expected decision when the attacker also holds the opponent in a blatant way

So there was mutual holding between both players and play on is the appropriate decision here