France faced Switzerland on June 29 in the fight to reach the quarter finals. Switzerland won the tiebreaker 5-4 in an enjoyable match. France was ahead 3-1 till 60 minutes. The Swiss came back to the match with two goals in 9 minutes. Switzerland's last smile in the battle of nerves.
The World Cup champions were knocked out of the tournament in the last shot of the tiebreaker. The last shot taken by Killian Mbappe was blocked by Swiss goalkeeper Ian Sommer. According to the rules, at least one foot of the goalkeeper has to be in the goal line during the penalty shootout. Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. That is why the supporters demanded to re-organize the last 16 match of Euro. According to the Spanish daily Marca, "According to RTL Sports, various media outlets have reported that more than 240,000 people have re-signed the petition.
But French supporters have little hope. There is no record of reorganization in modern football. UEFA also relies on their referees and VAR technology. There is no possibility of re-organizing the match. Because, the team has already played the quarter final. Switzerland has also dropped out of the tournament. The Swiss have been knocked out of the tournament after losing to Spain in a tiebreaker in the quarter-finals tomorrow.
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