FRANCE HAVE FILED a complaint to Fifa after a late equaliser by Antoine Griezmann against Tunisia yesterday was disallowed following a VAR review.
Griezman scored with a volley eight minutes into time added on, but his goal was disallowed for offside following a video review.
Tunisia won the game 1-0 as a result, yet France finished top of Group D despite the loss, while Tunisia did not qualify for the round of 16.
“We are writing a complaint after Antoine Griezmann’s goal was, in our opinion, wrongly disallowed. This complaint has to be filed within 24 hours after the final whistle,” the French Football Federation (FFF) said in a statement.
Play had already restarted, for 40 seconds, following Griezmann’s strike, and according to the International Football Association Board (IFAB) rulebook, VAR checks after that point are not allowed, except in certain circumstances.
“The use of VARs in football matches is based on a number of principles, all of which must apply in every match using VAR,” according to the IFAB.
Its 10th principle states: “If play has stopped and been restarted, the referee may not undertake a ‘review’ except for a case of mistaken identity or for a potential sending-off offence relating to violent conduct, spitting, biting or extremely offensive, insulting and/or abusive action(s).”
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A lot of respect for Bastian!
He’s almost as nice as Anna Ivanovich
Nice touch.
thank you Seb. will mean a lot to the family/s.
An icon for sport and decency. Fair play!
It’s a small moment out of his day, to do that, but it’s something that he did not have to do. Fair play
Fair play. Nice gesture.
A true gentleman to do this
Well done Bastian
Top man top player
A class act. Needless to say one of my favourite sportspeople.
Thats very big of him to take the time to acknowlage this lads passing. Resepct where due.
Very nice of him to do respect to the man for that