📷 Every dirty challenge Paraguay got away with against France | OneFootball

It was a festival.

During the 2026 World Cup round-of-16 match between France and Paraguay (1-0), the person who probably drew the most attention was not a player.

Completely overwhelmed by events, the match referee, Mr Ilgiz Tantashev, was surprisingly lenient with the Paraguayans.

Whether it was deliberate blows aimed at Les Bleus or blatant fouls, a large number of more-than-borderline actions took place right in front of him and were never punished.

L'Équipe even gave Mr Tantashev a rating of 1, the lowest possible score in the sports daily.

So we compiled all the serious fouls and bad challenges by the Paraguayans that went unpunished by the match referee.

Matias Galarza hits Kylian Mbappé (right in front of the referee)

Shirt pull on Kylian Mbappé

Gustavo Velazquez jumps into Mike Maignan

Trip on Désiré Doué

Elbow to Dayot Upamecano

Deliberate blow to Kylian Mbappé’s shin

Elbow from Matias Galarza (him again) on Jules Koundé

Zero yellow cards.

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