The debate over the validity of Equatorial Guinea's penalty in the dying seconds of their 2-1 African Nations Cup quarter-final win against Tunisia on Saturday will rage long and hard.
The immediate response of many viewers across social media was that it was a hometown decision, contrived to get the hosts into the semi-finals of the tournament.
Those conspiracy theories are nothing new and will likely never be proven, but the one thing we are certain of is that referee Rajindrapasad Seechurn got it wrong.
With Tunisia leading 1-0 in injury-time at the end of the second half, defender Hamza Mathlouthi shielded Ivan Bolado from his goal and watched incredulously as the player tumbled to the floor.
That bemusement turned to full-blown anger as Seechurn pointed to the spot, seeing something many others did not.
After Javier Balboa converted the penalty, there looked only one winner, the enraged Tunisians lost their heads and were fortunate not to have at least one player sent off as things turned violent.
“It is difficult to accept the decision of the referee. This victory was certainly not merited, not in this way. We were the better team,” Tunisia's Belgian coach George Leekens told reporters.
“This was too bad for football and Tunisia didn't deserve this. I am having to hold back my emotions, but this is not acceptable and it is not about the players. It is about what happened in the game.
“My players are proud to leave their clubs and come down to play for their country. They are a fantastic group and are very unhappy now. Everyone makes mistakes, this one was a big one.”
Tunisia are not the first team to fall foul of a poor decision from match officials, nor will they be the last; it is an unwelcome part of the game.
But in many ways the focus should also be how the north Africans played in those final 15 minutes, feigning injury and diving to try and wind down the clock. Had they just played their normal game there is every chance that they would have won the match outright - but they became too focussed on using bad sportsmanship as their method to claim victory. They brought it on themselves.
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And there was little sympathy out there from commentators. They have seen Tunisian club and country sides so often gain hometown decisions and force a result through poor sportsmanship that - while there was distaste at how they fell foul to the hopelessly incorrect decision - no tears were shed for the side.
Equatorial Guinea now face a semi-final against the winner of the tie between Ghana and Guinea and must feel as though fate and Lady Luck are on their side.
"Tunisia played very well. They have players who play at a high level, while we only have one who plays in a top division in Europe, and that's Javier Balboa," said their Argentine coach Esteban Becker. "To beat Tunisia is an achievement, almost a miracle.”
Becker said he understood the irritation of the Tunisians, but believes it was a case of wasted chances rather than the penalty incident that lost them the game.
"I understand the Tunisians' anger at having lost, because they had the potential to win by several goals. But they didn't do it and in the end the game went our way.
"Everyone will contest a penalty that goes against them. In the last minute, who would not protest? I would have protested too. But you still need to score the penalty and luckily we have a specialist in Javier Balboa.
"If we spent all our time scrutinising refereeing, we wouldn't be able to play football any more.”
