France had a late goal controversially ruled out in their surprise defeat to Tunisia
The French Football Association (FFF) are set to complain to FIFA about the circumstances which led to VAR ruling out a late equalizing goal by Antoine Griezmann during their 1-0 defeat to Tunisia on Wednesday, according to reports.
A much-changed France side were shocked by the African team in their final group game, with a single goal from Montpellier’s France-born forward Wahbi Khazri enough to separate the two sides.
Didier Deschamps’ men, though, appeared to have levelled the scores in the ninth minutes of injury time when Griezmann powered home from close range – only for VAR to rule it out after adjudging that a French player was offside in the build-up.
However, France are upset at the decision as it only came once the game had restarted – with FIFA rules saying that VAR interjections cannot happen after a match has been restarted, which is exactly…
