Messi gets the penalty and misses it. Szczesny’s mistake: what happened – Football

By the time Wojciech Szczesny struck Leo Messi’s face with his hand, the ball was technically still in play. For this reason the Dutch referee Danny Desmond Makkiele, recalled to the VAR, conceded the penalty in favor of Argentina, which was then sensationally missed by Pulce, which the Polish goalkeeper opposed with a great save. At the moment the contact occurred, the ball had been played, and realistically it would have been unreachable for anyone, but the vertical projection of the ball on the ground was still within the perimeter of play. The regulation on the point is clear: the shot from eleven meters must be called.