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SOURCES: TOTAL SPOR TOTAL SOURCES: CROATIA VS FRANCE, 2018 Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic´ called out the penalty awarded to France in the final following the 4-2 defeat of his team. The debatable penalty was awarded by Argentine referee Nestor Pitana, after using FIFA's new video replay system. This proved to be a turning point in the match. He was alerted to a possible handball ten minutes from half time and, after checking the off-field screen, he decided Croatia's Ivan Perisic had handled the ball. While there is no doubt that the ball did hit the Croatian’s hand, the focus will remain on whether the handling of the ball was intentional.