The EUFA EURO 2020 has proceeded to the quarter-finals which would be played between July 2 and 3, but some football fans, being aggrieved by the loss of France have sought redress as over 240,000 people signed a petition seeking to replay the France vs Switzerland game.
France has already been eliminated from the 2020 European Championship, via a penalty but more than 240,000 fans have reportedly signed a petition to force UEFA to repeat their Round of 16 knockout match against Switzerland.
A major reason why fans want the match replayed is because they sensed a slight contravention of the penalty rule, as goalkeepers need to keep at least one foot on the goal-line when facing a penalty.
However, French fans have complained that Yann Sommer, the Swiss goalkeeper didn’t respect the rule during Kylian Mbappe’s spot-kick, one which was saved by the Borussia Monchengladbach shot-stopper to seal qualification to the quarter-finals of the competition.
As reported by various media such as Marca, there are more than 240,000 people who have signed a petition for the game to be replayed through the page Les Lignes Bougent.
Despite France leading 3-1, Switzerland completed a comeback and equalised to send the game to extra time and then penalties, where Mbappe couldn’t beat Sommer in the crucial last spot-kick. This left the Le Bleu of France devastated, with fans finding it hard to come to terms with the fact that the current world champions have been eliminated from the Euros
UEFA does not seem willing to agree on repeating the game, as they are confident that the referee and the VAR officials made the correct decision.
