Haaland backs Mbappé: waiting five minutes for a penalty is too long!

Erling Haaland spoke out about Kylian Mbappé’s incident with referee Facundo Tello during the penalty that could have opened the scoring in the quarter-finals. 

“Waiting five minutes to take a penalty is a long time,” the Manchester City player said through his Snapchat account. 

What happened?

When Mbappé was getting ready to take the spot kick, he had to wait for the opposing team’s players to leave the box; afterward, the referee asked him to place the ball properly.

And, to everyone’s surprise, time kept ticking because VAR was still reviewing the play and there was a chance it could be overturned. 

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