On March 24, the Ukrainian national team in the match of the starting round of the selection for the 2022 World Cup drew with the French team. The meeting at the "

FRANCE - UKRAINE: SOCMETEY'S REACTION In the 19th minute, the “tricolors” took the lead thanks to a beautiful goal from Antoine Griezmann. However, the main referee of the meeting, Tobias Stieler, should not have scored a goal due to the offside position of the hosts' right-back Benjamin Pavar during the development of the attack. However, the linesman made a mistake and did not call an offside position..

The freeze-frame clearly shows that Pavar at the time of transfer to him is closer to the goal of the Ukrainian national team than all the players of the " Since there is no video replay system (VAR) at the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, the panel of judges did not have the opportunity to review the episode..

According to the journalist of TK Football, during the break of the match, the side referee approached the coach of the Ukrainian national team Andriy Shevchenko and asked him for forgiveness for his mistake..

Earlier TSN Prosport wrote that President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated the Ukrainian national team after a draw in the match with the French.

Finland, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kazakhstan also play in a group with Ukraine and France.

In the 1st round of selection, the national teams of Finland and Bosnia and Herzegovina have drawn an effective draw 2: 2.

In the next match on March 28, the Ukrainian national team in Kiev will host Finland.