SYDNEY (17 June 2018) – Antoine Griezmann scored the first VAR-assisted penalty awarded in the history of the World Cup as title hopefuls France need a late Paul Pogba goal to beat a gutsy Australia side 2-1 on Saturday.
The Atletico Madrid star wrote his name into the history books after he went down under a tackle from Josh Risdon in the second half of the Group C fixture in Kazan.
Referee Andres Cunha from Uruguay did not initially award a spot-kick but after viewing the VAR footage, ruled it was a penalty and Griezmann coolly slotted past Socceroos’ goalkeeper Mathew Ryan.
For more, please click on to
Griezmann hits historic VAR penalty as France squeeze past Australia
