Patrice Evra, the former France national team and Manchester United left-back, expressed sympathy for Egypt after their dramatic exit from the World Cup, losing 3-2 to defending champions Argentina on Tuesday evening in the round of 16.
Evra commented on the disallowed goal Egypt had in the second half, saying: "I don't care what people will say, but Egypt were robbed, and football has become sterile."
He continued: "The Egyptian player won the ball, drove forward, and the move ended with a wonderful goal — then you see someone spending two minutes looking for a trivial reason to rule it out."
Speaking on Prime Video, he added: "VAR's job is to correct clear errors, not to erase great football memories. But it seems the referees were looking for a justification to save Argentina."
He went on: "If Argentina had scored the same goal, no one would have raised the issue of an infringement."
He further stated: "Egypt should have been leading 2-0 after outworking and outfighting Argentina, and now the Egyptians have to cope with their disappointment."
Evra concluded his remarks by saying: "Egypt were not lucky today."
Argentina advanced to the quarter-finals, where they will face Switzerland, who qualified at Colombia's expense.