VAR should not called for when an offence occurred under the referees's nose and he spotted the infringement.
He decided and that should be the way. He was conscious of it and even waved away protests. Are you saying there's no contact with the player?

Don't forget this is not in an area direct to goal. Free-kick may have been a soft decision but there was contact and not a huge advantage in that position.
The possibilty of a goal from there was not high. I would say less than 50% maybe even far lesser.
He did not give France any real advantage or the reverse against Croatia.
And mind you, I was supporting Croatia.

The penalty was wrong as it was more ball to hand than the reverse. He jumped for the ball which is natural that your hands come up and go down. The ball struck it. Was the hand in an unnatural position when jumping to meet the incoming ball on the way down?
I think many think not.
The usually nit picky English media and pundits also think the same.

Well that's my position. Obviously you have yours. You disagree with the first and agree to the 2nd . my position is exactly opposite.
Nothing wrong in the first and very soft penalty.

Obviously as a referee you know at the end of the day, different referees will react differently in the same scenario.
However once the referee made his decision, that's what we have to accept. In either case it comes to the area of his discretion. No outright right or wrong answer. Some may give, some may not.