Umtiti photo shops his handball into a slam dunk
- Samuel Umtiti makes fun of his hand ball that resulted into a penalty against Australia
- The Aussies made the Barcelona defender pay as Jedinak converted the spot kick
- Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba scored the winner 10 minutes from time
France defender Samuel Umtiti has laughed off his embarrassing handball in against Australia by posting a photo shopped image of the incident on his social media account.
After Les Bleus had taken the lead, the defender inexplicably used his arm to bat away an Australia cross from inside his own area four minutes later.
A penalty was awarded who Mile Jedinak fired home to draw the Aussie level before Paul Pogba scored a late winner to spare the Barcelona defender's blushes.
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And after the game the 24-year-old posted a photo of his handball mocked up with a basketball net as if he was performing a slam dunk accompanied by a series of emojis.
Didier Dechamps men had taken the lead with a penalty of their own, awarded through the video assistant referee (VAR) after the officials had initially not given the spot-kick.
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Antoine Griezmann was brought down just inside the box by Josh Risdon but referee Andres Cunha initially waved away France protests.
But after consulting the VAR, the decision was overturned and Griezmann made no mistake by smashing home past Mathew Ryan to score the first ever VAR goal at a World Cup finals.
Umtiti's loss of concentration then allowed Jedinak to draw the underdogs level in Kazan as they looked set to secure an unlikely point.
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France did not play as expected but eventually broke down their opponents 10 minutes from time as Pogba's shot flew in via a deflection. The winner was also given with the help of goal-line technology.
The 1998 champions will be back in action on Thursday when they face Peru on before taking on Denmark on June 26 in their final Group D fixture.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported the how Iceland forced Argentina to a 1-1 draw in a Group fixture.
Lionel Messi missed a second half penalty as the Seleccion and the Icelandic national team shared the spoils.
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