Both Ben Nasser and his Bulgarian assistant linesman Bogdan Dochev blamed each other for the handball being missed.
Ben Nasser said he waited for a signal from Dochev of a handball, but since none came, he awarded the goal.
TV footage backs this up, as it shows Ben Nasser looking at him after the goal expectantly.
He suggested Ben Nasser's inexperience at the highest levels of football in World Cup was to blame.
[citation needed] On 17 August 2015, Maradona visited Ben Nasser at his home in Tunisia and paid tribute to him, offering him an Argentine jersey bearing his signature and called him his "eternal friend.