Clément Turpin produced a mixed and ultimately unsatisfactory refereeing performance in England’s 2–1 extra-time victory over Norway.

The French referee handled several difficult incidents correctly, remained composed during a tense World Cup quarter-final and was willing to reverse his own penalty decision after reviewing the evidence. However, the failure of the wider officiating team to identify the apparent contact between the ball and the spidercam cable before England’s equaliser was a significant error in a match decided by a single goal.