🚨 Decision on Olise made: will the yellow card be rescinded? | OneFootball

Against Paraguay, France’s Michael Olise was shown a yellow card. If he receives another one in tomorrow’s quarter-final against Morocco (10 p.m.), he would miss a possible semi-final. 

Olise had pulled Matias Galarza’s shirt during the match against Paraguay, although it appeared that he had not struck him. Nevertheless, the Paraguayan went to ground, whereupon Uzbek referee Ilgiz Tantashev produced the yellow card. 

The French federation (FFF) had therefore lodged an appeal with FIFA and demanded that the yellow card be rescinded. At today’s press conference, Didier Deschamps has now announced the decision: “As for the yellow card, nothing has changed. We received a communication from FIFA this morning.”

So the yellow card against the Bayern star remains in place, much to the frustration of the French. 

Deschamps also said, with regard to the upcoming opponent: “As for the match: Morocco are not Paraguay.” He continued: “They have very good players, it is a team that likes to have the ball and attack. They have tremendous quality.” 

So he could not resist a little dig at the defensively minded South Americans. 

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