France complain to Fifa over disallowed Griezmann goal
France's Antoine Griezmann (bottom) scores their side's first goal of the game before being ruled out for offside via VAR during the FIFA World Cup Group D match at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar. Picture Jonathan Brady/PA Wire.
France are filing a complaint to FIFA after a last-gasp equaliser by Antoine Griezmann was disallowed following a video review after the final whistle of their World Cup match against Tunisia, the French federation said on Wednesday.
Griezmann volleyed home eight minutes into stoppage time but the goal was ruled out as the forward was offside when Aurelien Tchouameni sent the ball into the area The ball was deflected by a Tunisian defender into the path of Griezmann, who was onside at that point, but the effort was disallowed and Tunisia won the game 1-0.
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