Antoine Griezmann's magnificent goal this Wednesday, March 24 at the Stade de France against Ukraine (1-1), in the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup scheduled in Qatar, could have been canceled.
Before the light strike of the Barcelonan, Benjamin Pavard is out of the game in the first part of the action.
Other situations, such as contentious penalties, could not be examined during the meeting.
The reason ?
There is no video assistance during these qualifying matches organized by UEFA under the aegis of Fifa, which established the VAR during the 2018 World Cup in Russia won by the Blues of Didier Deschamps.
The VAR was not selected for the Europe zone for logistical reasons, according to UEFA.
With thirteen matches this Wednesday (including ten at the same time) and another thirteen this Thursday, for example, the European body is not able to manage video arbitration in such different places and simultaneously.
“We know,” explains national coach Didier Deschamps.
We come back to the situation before.
We didn't have VAR in the League of Nations either.
In some situations, like tonight (Wednesday), maybe the VAR would have corrected some errors.
It is valid for everyone.
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Journalist Ramon Fuentes had however explained in his Sport newspaper that UEFA intended to do so before giving it up.
Antoine Griezmann's goal, his 34th in the France team like another world champion, David Trezeguet, counts for posterity.
