The players of the France team did not let up after the draw in Greece on Tuesday (1-1).
It’s a chorus that says everything about his taste for victory. After an almost perfect qualifying campaign, the French team missed the grand slam by conceding a draw in Greece on Tuesday evening (2-2). If the Blues’ performance was generally satisfactory, several players regretted the final result. Because in fact, the French should have won without a contentious arbitration decision.
There were a few minutes left to play when Kingsley Coman, on an overflow, forced an opponent to divert the ball into his own goal. The leather crashed into the first post, before hitting the second. In the meantime, the ball had crossed the goal line, as the replays of the broadcaster TF1 attested, but the refereeing body did not call on video assistance. And for good reason: there was no goal line technology for this match. A curiosity which irritated the players of the France team and their coach.
“Surprising that we are witnessing this kind of situation”
“What was missing for the full box? He missed the goal-line technology! thundered Antoine Griezmann at the microphone of TF1. They (UEFA) can’t put everything together so that we know if there is a goal or not. Given the new technologies available today, it is surprising to say the least that we are witnessing this type of situation.” Didier Deschamps followed his attacker. “What I regret is that we are at the international level. And there could have been qualification at stake. We could have been first in the FIFA rankings…”. A situation which will remain anecdotal if the Blues shine in Germany in 7 months.
