Will France replay the World Cup final? More than 700,000 Argentinian fans petition to ask ‘France to stop crying’
In the early morning of December 19, the highly anticipated Qatar World Cup final, Argentina played against France, the final went from regulation matches to extra time and then to penalties; in the end, the South American Argentine team won 7:5 (penalty shootout 4: 2) Defeated the defending champion France.
After Argentina’s victory, the whole country celebrated, while France “cried”, Argentina’s victory was also over after celebrating, and France also asked to replay the final.
According to reports, out of dissatisfaction with some of the referee’s decisions,More than 200,000 French fans have signed an online petition calling for a replay of the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar.
According to news reports on Dec. 26, Argentinian fans recently launched a petition called “France Stop Crying” in response to hundreds of thousands of French fans calling for a replay of the World Cup final. As of 8:20 am on December 26 Beijing time, more than 710,000 people had signed the petition.
Petition initiator Valentin Gomez said that since we won,“The French haven’t stopped crying and complaining, they haven’t accepted Argentina as world champions.”
It was previously reported that the petition signatories believe Dembele’s foul on Di Maria in Argentina’s opening goal should not have been awarded a penalty.
Furthermore, they insisted that they had committed a foul before the Argentine made it 2-0. And Messi’s goal in extra time should have been disallowed because the substitute ran across the pitch before the ball crossed the line.
However, the idea of replaying the World Cup final is highly unlikely to be realistic at the moment, and there is no such precedent in football history. In this regard, some netizens have ridiculed that the China national football team did not enter the qualifiers. If the finals are replayed, it is suggested that China also replay the qualifiers.
