{"id":532087,"date":"2026-07-09T00:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T00:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/532087\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T00:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T00:13:13","slug":"france-lose-appeal-against-olises-yellow-card-in-paraguay-world-cup-clash-world-cup-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/532087\/","title":{"rendered":"France lose appeal against Olise\u2019s yellow card in Paraguay World Cup clash | World Cup 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If Olise is cautioned again against Morocco, he will be suspended for a potential semifinal against Spain or Belgium.<\/p>\n

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France coach Didier Deschamps has revealed that an appeal against a yellow card shown to Michael Olise in the World Cup last-16 win over Paraguay has been rejected by FIFA.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe yellow card has not changed. We were notified by FIFA this morning; it has been maintained,\u201d Deschamps told reporters in Foxborough on Wednesday, on the eve of France\u2019s quarterfinal showdown with Morocco<\/a> at the Boston Stadium.<\/p>\n

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Olise, who has been one of the tournament\u2019s standout stars, was booked in the final minutes<\/a> of the bad-tempered clash in Philadelphia after an altercation with Matias Galarza.<\/p>\n

Replays showed there was little contact between the two players. Bayern Munich star Olise put his finger in front of his mouth, and the Paraguayan player dropped to the ground, claiming he had been hit in the face.<\/p>\n

The decision by world football\u2019s governing body to uphold the booking means Olise is now walking a tightrope \u2014 if he is cautioned again against Morocco, he will be suspended for a potential semifinal against Spain or Belgium.<\/p>\n

Bradley Barcola and Manu Kone are at risk of a ban too, as they were also booked against Paraguay.<\/p>\n

Deschamps said midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni was recovering well from a thigh injury that ruled him out of the game against Paraguay.<\/p>\n

\u201cAurelien is doing better. I can\u2019t say more than that. He will maybe take part in training today, but I will need to see. The others are all available,\u201d he said of the Real Madrid player.<\/p>\n

The France head coach refused to turn the appointment of an Argentinian referee for the game into a controversy.<\/p>\n

Facundo Tello will take charge of Thursday\u2019s last-eight tie. A rivalry between France and Argentina grew out of their 2022 World Cup final meeting, which the latter won on penalties.<\/p>\n

French official Francois Letexier was in charge for Argentina\u2019s 3-2 win over Egypt<\/a> in the last 16 on Tuesday. The Egyptian Football Association said it had filed a complaint<\/a> following some controversial decisions<\/a> in that game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is nothing I can do about refereeing appointments. I just try to have confidence in the officials,\u201d Deschamps said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that Mr Tello and his assistants will be just as good as Mr Letexier and his assistants.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are always decisions that can lead to debate depending on which side you are on, but our opponents are Morocco. I can\u2019t consider the referee to be an opponent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deschamps, who led France to World Cup glory in 2018, will step down at the end of the tournament after 14 years in charge.<\/p>\n

That means Thursday\u2019s clash \u2014 a repeat of the 2022 semifinal, which France won 2-0 \u2014 will be his last if Les Bleus lose.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not thinking about that at all. In my head, with my staff, the objective is just to do everything we can so that things go well. I am focused on this Morocco team and on things going well for us,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If Olise is cautioned again against Morocco, he will be suspended for a potential semifinal against Spain or…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4118,85,46,2224,105,1156,101640],"class_list":["post-532087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-football","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-us-canada","tag-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}