The Football World Cup continues in Qatar! This Wednesday, November 30, 2022, the match between the French team and Tunisia was held and it was of course TF1 which broadcast this last dispute of the group stage. If the Blues have shone so far, they had to face their first defeat this Wednesday as they lost 1 to 0.
Very fit, the Carthage Eagles won this match thanks to a goal from Wahbi Khazri in the 58th minute. Determined to equalize, the Blues struggled throughout the second half, in vain. In the 98th, Antoine Griezmann almost scored a goal… which was finally refused after the intervention of the famous “VAR”, the video assistance to arbitration which gives precise information thanks to the cameras which film while real time.
And while viewers were waiting for the result of the VAR, the TF1 channel literally went on the air, sending the advertisement directly before the referee even confirmed the cancellation of Griezmann’s goal. Internet users then thought that the goal had been validated and that the meeting had therefore ended in a draw. “We were convinced that it was over, everyone was going back to the locker room, and then it turned, this end of the match, into this” even declared sports journalist Grégoire Margotton when the antenna resumed on TF1 .
Faced with public anger, the channel shared a message of apology on its Twitter account: “Dear viewers, dear viewers, After the throw-in of the Tunisians and the referee whistled the end of the match, we, as for all matches, returned to the antenna to make way for Mag. During this time , video arbitration was requested and the tricolor goal was refused. This sequence opened the Mag. We are very sorry for those who could not experience this moment live.” can we read.
— TF1 (@TF1) November 30, 2022
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