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Not just the French national team. Even Tf1, the French television channel, is against Tunisia. For the transalpine viewers who had chosen Tf1 to watch the match, as reported by the French press, France-Tunisia ended on a 1-1 draw. The director did not realize that the referee had decided to go and check the Var to evaluate Antoine Griezmann’s goal in the 97th minute and sent the publicity. Due to a passive offside, the goal of the Atletico Madrid center forward was disallowed. The match resumed for a few moments before the referee decided to whistle the end of the match decreeing the victory of Tunisia for 1 to 0.
Only French viewers who watched the match on the Bein Sports pay channel had the opportunity to see the finale.
The journalist who commented the match for Tf1, Grégoire Margotton, reports Rmc radio, later apologized to the viewers. “We wanted to apologize to Bixente Lizarazu (who commented on the technical part) for having anticipated the end of this match and for having made French viewers and Tunisian fans miss the final result and the VAR. We came back later but we deprived viewers of the emotion. It won’t happen again.”
