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France failed to get Michael Olisse’s yellow card in their win over Paraguay.
The Bayern Munich winger was shown a yellow card after clashing with Matias Galarza in added time. France won 1-0 Flames last-16 match in Philadelphia.
Glarza Olisse fell to the ground after grabbing his shirt.
Oliz, who has five assists at the 2026 World Cup, will face Spain or Belgium in the semi-finals if France beat Morocco in the quarter-finals on Thursday (21:00 BST) and pick up another yellow card.
“The yellow card has not changed. We were informed by FIFA this morning, it has been preserved,” France manager Didier Deschamps said before the game at Boston Stadium on Wednesday.
Although the reservation of Oliz has stopped FIFA suspended the red card for the United States striker Folarin Balogan At the tournament, this meant he was set for a last 16 tie against Belgium.
Bradley Barkola and Manu Kone did not receive any yellow cards from referee Ilgiz Tantashev in their match against Paraguay.
Paraguay’s Gustavo Velázquez attempted a free-kick before Kylian Mbappe headed home the winner, while French defender Diot Upamecano was elbowed in the ribs by Gabriel Avalos, while Andres Kubia fought well past Les Bleus midfielder Adrien Rabiot.
Former England goalkeeper Joe Hart told BBC Sport that the South American side “went too far” with some of their ambitions in the game. Thomas Hitzlsperger said “It was probably the worst refereeing performance I’ve seen in this tournament.”
After the game Mbappe condemned. A Paraguayan senator has been “despicable” and unfit for her position after making several racist comments that denigrated his origins and education.
