Mark Critchley

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1,840 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 8 Jul

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The Athletic FC Podcast · Argentina are inevitable + Ornstein on Man United transfers · 8 Jul 2026 podcast

went out because you didn't want this dark cloud hanging over the rest of the competition.

It doesn't even matter if Balogun scores, if he's just influential in the U.S.

getting through and that affects a quarterfinal, a semifinal, et cetera.

So it was best to nip that in the bud.

But there has been this stain that's been left where people are going to think, well, you know, if that's an Argentina goal that's being ruled out, does it get ruled out?

I don't know.

another one I just want to ask you about before we do move on Egypt also adamant that they should have had a penalty just seconds before Argentina's you know winner in the end what did we think of that challenge on Mo Salah for me that isn't the type of challenge that gets awarded a penalty because I forget which Argentina player it was now sorry but they wins the ball and then in trying to play the ball when Salah doesn't have the ball anymore sort of kicks through and kicks Salah it's

The ball's gone from Salah in that incident.

So for me, I looked at that and didn't think it was particularly egregious.

I thought the Martinez foul for the disallowed Zico goal is much more, much more, yeah, controversial, if you like.

You can look at that and not think, yeah, that shouldn't be given the way that it was.

But that one, the Salah incident, I didn't think they had much of a claim on.

And there's a pull on McAllister.

McAllister pulling one of the Egyptian players on either side of the box as well.

Again, marginal impact.

I didn't really think that should be overturned.

I don't see anybody putting in a £116 million bid for Andre Santos.

We all do respect to him.

So I think in that sense, yes, maybe it does feel like a little bit of a step back rather than a step down, I would say.

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