The referee could not disallow the tricolor goal, the French Football Federation lodged an appeal

The Blues defeated Tunisia, really? A few hours after the end of the Tunisia-France match, voices rose against the match referee, who canceled Antoine Griezmann’s goal when he whistled at the end of the match, after the video assistant referee appealed.
If play is resumed after a stoppage, The referee can only make an analysis if there is a mistaken identity or if a violation has occurred liable to disqualification such as violent behaviour, spitting, biting and/or hurtful, rude or aggressive words or actions,” points out the regulations of the IFAB, the international organization responsible for the laws of football.

He led him from the 68th minute with a goal from Wahbi Khazri, the French thought they had equalized with a final cross kick from Aurelien Tchouamini, which Antoine Griezmann won after a discount from Muntasir Talbi in the 98th minute. After the players and the referee settled, play resumed, then the referee, New Zealander Matthew Conger, the final whistle.

Just a few seconds later, the Video Assistance Referee (VAR) created a disturbance at the end of the match and, after watching, led the referee to signal offside to the Atlético de Madrid player, at that time from the center of Tchoameni. Thus, if we believe the regulations, and given the events of the match, the French striker’s goal cannot be disallowed by the referee.

Didier Deschamps “Waiting for an Answer”

“I am waiting for a response to the regulations,” Blues coach Didier Deschamps confirmed in a press conference. The coach does not criticize the presence of offside as much as the “leveling point”.

“The second aspect is that the referee blows the whistle for the kick-off and the end of the match. Is he entitled to return (on goal)? I’m not sureHe continued “I went to see him. I’m waiting for a response. Don’t you have the number of Pierluigi Collina (FIFA’s chief referee, editor’s note)?”

According to a refereeing source interviewed by AFP, this situation does not appear in the VAR protocol. “Once the kick-off has been given, it is impossible to return to an offside situationexplains this source.

A similar situation in the Champions League

Griezmann, who thought he had ended a blue streak of 11 matches without a goal, also expressed his doubts. “The referees make decisions, you have to accept. We were very nice because we had already qualified, we didn’t get too angry. But I didn’t understand at all. It’s boring, it’s a shame, we wanted to get a lot of points.”

At the end of October in the Champions League, A similar situation arose between Atletico Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen (2-2).. After the end of the match whistled, French referee Clément Turpin was called back by video assist and awarded a penalty kick to the “Colchoneros”. However, it was not an impermissible target.

“We are writing a complaint following Antoine Griezmann’s goal, which was wrongfully rejected from our point of view,” the federation said in a press statement published at the end of Wednesday evening. This complaint must be sent to FIFA within 24 hours of the end of the match.

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