VAR Replay
Replay the Final France Petitioned
Argentina 3–3 France (4–2 pens) — World Cup 2022 Final
Drag from the ball — to a teammate to pass, toward the goal to shoot.
Passes are free — the clock only moves when a move ends. Tap a player for their card.
What actually happened
World Cup 2022 final, minute 23: Marciniak pointed to the spot for Dembélé's challenge on Di María, and Messi opened the scoring. Di María added a second on 36.
France roared back to 2–2, lost the lead again in extra time, equalized again — and lost the shootout. French fans signed a 195,000-strong petition demanding a replay. The tribunal's jury scored the opening penalty 6.4/10.
Why it was disputed
The petition, the substitutes-on-the-pitch argument about Messi's extra-time goal, Marciniak's photo rebuttal — the biggest case in the retro archive, still argued in every comment section on earth.
How the replay adapts it
The petition is granted. You take France from the 26th-minute restart, 0–1 down, with Di María's second goal scripted to arrive on 36 exactly as history insists.
Score three goals that survive the referee and win the final in normal time — because if it reaches penalties against Martinezzo, you already know the ending. Twice over.
Questions the court gets asked
- Is this the real 2022 final?
- A satirical adaptation of Argentina vs France, Qatar 2022, from the first penalty onwards. Players are fictional stand-ins; the referee parodies the fan verdict on the incident, not any official.
- How do I win?
- Finish ahead by the 90th minute — three standing goals. Level after extra time goes to penalties, and France has seen that movie.
- Why does Argentina score on 36' no matter what?
- Scripted goals are history repeating itself — the parts of the real match you don't control. You control the response.
Satire. Fictional players; results reflect fan opinion, not verified wrongdoing.