Every four years, it's the same story.
A quack, just one, and the controversy starts, ignites.
Calls into question the referees and of course this video assistance to the arbitration (Var) which it is so easy to hate… Wednesday evening, the cancellation of the goal of Antoine Griezmann for offside after viewing the Var, and especially after a throw-in which was to extinguish any possibility of contesting the referee's decision, plunged the end of the Tunisia-France match into the most total confusion.
To the point of seeing TF1 return to the air prematurely with the score of 1-1 and the France team filing a complaint to obtain the cancellation of the Tunisian victory (1-0) finally recorded by the officials.
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Beyond the symbolism of a very first success for the Carthage Eagles against the (substitute) Blues, this real hiccup fortunately had no effect on the smooth running and the rest of the World Cup, the team de France being assured of qualification for the round of 16…
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