It's an incredible end to the game, from all points of view.
A defeat for the Blues against Tunisia (1-0), the first in group of a World Cup since 2010, at the end of an improbable sequence where the French team and the vast majority of viewers believed that France was going to get away with an unexpected draw.
A confused moment, both in Doha and in France.
It all starts with what seems to be a final offensive by Didier Deschamps' men, led by the North Africans since the opener from Wahbi Khazri (58th).
In an attempt to snatch the draw, the tricolor coach brought in Kylian Mbappé and Antoine Griezmann, left on the bench at kick-off.
In the eighth minute of additional time of this second period, the Atlético de Madrid striker ended up finding the fault, on a ball that trailed in the area and a deflected shot.
The tricolors exult, relieved to have preserved their invincibility in the competition.
On screen, the production focuses on disappointed Tunisians, like Khazri, staring into space on the bench.
The equalizer does not change anything for the Carthage Eagles, anyway condemned by Australia's parallel victory over Denmark (1-0).
The New Zealand referee Matthew Conger whistles the end of the match, as we can clearly hear at this time.
The cameramen entered the lawn
We see cameramen burst onto the lawn to film the reactions of the players as closely as possible.
At the microphone, the stadium announcer speaks.
TF1, broadcaster of the meeting with beIN Sports but the only channel to broadcast the meeting unencrypted in France, announces that it is returning to the antenna.
But in the seconds following the final whistle, the refereeing body is agitated.
And Matthew Conger, called by his counterparts in charge of video-arbitration, the Var, goes to the screen installed at the edge of the lawn.
TF1 cuts its broadcast on a shot of one of the line referees, his finger on his headset.
TF1 made the antenna on this shot of the linesman called by the Var (screen capture).
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beIN Sports continues to broadcast the events.
On screen, the production shows this shot where Antoine Griezmann is clearly in an offside position on Aurélien Tchouaméni's cross in the direction of Randal Kolo Muani, struggling with Tunisian defender Montassar Talbi.
An aerial duel which “Grizou” took advantage of to score, upon receiving this ball.
But in the eyes of Matthew Conger, the tricolor takes advantage of its previous position to score.
A little less than two minutes after the final whistle which was ultimately not one, the referee canceled the goal (it had then elapsed 3′18″ since Griezmann's strike) and ordered the game to resume .
Nothing prohibited by the rules.
At the end of October, during a Champions League match between Atlético de Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen, Clément Turpin gave a penalty to the Spaniards after whistling the end of the match.
In France, TF1 broadcasts its advertising spot during this time.
TF1 defends itself
In Qatar, the match resumes with a clock indicating twelve minutes of additional time.
The players resume the match for a few moments, before being entitled to a second final whistle.
The good this time.
On the first channel, “Le Mag” begins.
Its presenter, Denis Brogniart, explains the situation to the millions of French people who stayed on TF1.
And who did not see this draw become a defeat.
Contacted, the first channel insists on the first final whistle, which led to the antenna being returned, as is conventionally done.
TF1 would like to point out that all the actors on site believed that the meeting was definitely over, like the cameramen who entered the lawn.
Denis Brogniart and Blues match commentator Grégoire Margotton apologized to viewers.
"We were convinced that it was over, everyone was going back to the locker room, and then it turned, this end of the match, into that", explained Grégoire Margotton when the air resumed, after the commercials .