The French Football Federation announced that it had filed a complaint with the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) after canceling the equalizing goal in the last moments scored by Antoine Griezmann, after reviewing the video referee of the incident after the final whistle was blown during the confrontation with Tunisia yesterday, Wednesday.
New Zealand referee Matthew Conger, who refereed the match, counted Griezmann's goal scored in the seventh (last) minute of calculated time instead of lost for the second half, when the result indicated that the Tunisian team had advanced 1-0.
Many believed that the match had ended after Griezmann's goal, so that the broadcasters of the French "TF1" station went out to an ad break, before the referee Conger was asked to review his decision via video technology, and to cancel the goal, before blowing the final whistle, to achieve a national team. Carthage Eagles" a historic victory over the world champions.
And the French Federation said - in a statement - "We are filing a complaint after Antoine Griezmann's goal was incorrectly canceled from our point of view," and the French Press Agency quoted a source in the French Federation as saying that the referee made the decision to return to the video assistant referee (VAR) technique after Resuming play and blowing the final whistle, which is in violation of the approved laws that prevent returning to the mouse after resuming play.
For his part, the "Roosters" coach, Didier Deschamps, questioned the legitimacy of the referee's decision, and said, "I do not know all the rules, but the referee blew a whistle, and then the video assistant referee intervened. I did not know that this was allowed," and asked, "Do you know that this is allowed?" ?”
Despite the loss, the French national team, which secured early qualification to the 16th round of the tournament, remained at the top of Group D with 6 points, on goal difference in front of its closest opponents, the Australian national team, equal to it in the balance, and who also accompanied it to the second round of the World Cup, while Tunisia left the tournament, after finishing in third place with 4 points.