France will file a criticism with FIFA over Antoine Griezmann’s late equaliser being disallowed of their 1-0 World Cup defeat to Tunisia.
- France to complain to FIFA
- Griezmann purpose disallowed controversially
- Les Bleus misplaced to Tunisia 1-0
WHAT’S HAPPENING? The French soccer affiliation will submit a criticism to FIFA after Griezmann’s late equaliser vs Tunisia was controversially chalked off for offside within the dying embers of the sport, securing the underdogs a shock 1-0 victory.
THE BIGGER PICTURE: France fell behind simply earlier than the hour mark because of Wahbi Khazri’s effort, however obtained again on stage phrases within the eighth minute of harm time when the Atletico Madrid ahead was first to pounce on a poor clearance and smashed dwelling an equaliser. Nonetheless, VAR intervened and dominated he had been offside within the build-up, thus disallowing the purpose, although Griezmann had picked up the ball after it had come off a Tunisian defender.
AND WHAT’S MORE: Following the incident, the French Soccer Federation (FFF) mentioned: “We’re writing a criticism following Antoine Griezmann’s purpose, which we consider was wrongly disallowed. This criticism have to be despatched to FIFA inside 24 hours after the top of the match.”
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WHAT NEXT FOR FRANCE? Whereas they await the end result of their criticism, they need to now give attention to their last-16 tie in opposition to Poland on December 4.