Europe 1 with AFP 3:56 p.m., December 25, 2022
After the defeat of the Blues in the final of the World Cup in Qatar, more than 500,000 people signed an online petition launched in Argentina for "France to stop crying".
In addition to the refereeing, the French also regretted the lack of elegance of the Argentinians in the victory, in particular of the goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.
A hard to digest finish.
More than 500,000 people have signed an online petition launched in Argentina asking "France to stop crying" after their defeat in the 2022 World Cup final. "Since we won, the French have not stopped crying and to complain and do not accept that Argentina is the world champion", declared Valentin Gomez, the initiator of the petition "France stop crying" which had collected 570,768 signatures on the Change.org site Friday at 9:20 p.m. GMT .
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Arbitration criticized
The refereeing of last Sunday's final by Poland's Szymon Marciniak drew criticism in France, including his decision to award a penalty for Ousmane Dembélé's foul on Angel Di Maria in the first half.
The French also regretted the lack of elegance of certain Argentinian players in the victory, in particular goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.
Among them the president of the French Football Federation Noël Graet who wrote to his Argentinian counterpart Claudio Tapia to be moved by the "excesses" of the Albiceleste celebrations.