{"id":252966,"date":"2026-07-15T01:11:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T01:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/its-not-about-the-ref-france-attacker-refuses-to-question-referee-unlike-deschamps-after-fifa-world-cup-semi-final-loss\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T01:11:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T01:11:55","slug":"its-not-about-the-ref-france-attacker-refuses-to-question-referee-unlike-deschamps-after-fifa-world-cup-semi-final-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/its-not-about-the-ref-france-attacker-refuses-to-question-referee-unlike-deschamps-after-fifa-world-cup-semi-final-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s not about the ref\u201d &#8211; France attacker refuses to question referee unlike Deschamps after FIFA World Cup semi-final loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"5191804\" data-slug-id=\"2808412\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>France star Rayan Cherki has refused to blame the officiating for his side&#8217;s defeat in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/go\/fifa-world-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">FIFA World Cup<\/a> semi-final against Spain. Les Bleus failed in their bid to reach a third successive final, losing 2-0 against the Spanish side in Dallas. <\/p>\n<p>Cherki spoke to reporters after the game, turning away from blaming the referee for his side&#8217;s disappointing performance. He pointed out that the problem was that his team failed to play to their full potential, while their opponents had no such problems. <\/p>\n<p><template id=\"template__newsletter-inline-banner-form-combo-widget\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<p><img id=\"subscribe-img\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nThanks for the submission!\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a big disappointment. It&#8217;s not about the ref. We didn&#8217;t play the football we&#8217;re used to play; while Spain did&#8221;, he said (via @FabrizioRomano on X). <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Rayan Cherki was a second half substitute for France as he made his sixth appearance of the FIFA World Cup, all of which have come off the bench. He replaced Michael Olise after 72 minutes as Les Bleus boss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/football\/didier-deschamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Didier Deschamps<\/a> sought to spark a response from his team. <\/p>\n<p>Cherki was asked about the referee because Deschamps, in his own post-match media engagement, had questioned the qualifications of the referee to officiate a match of this magnitude. The midfielder disagreed with his coach, preferring to admit that the team itself did not perform at the level that was required to win. <\/p>\n<p>France were favourites heading into the clash due to their impressive record in the first six games of the tournament, as they had won all six. They came undone against Spain, who beat them in a third successive semi-final, having done so in Euro 2024 and the UEFA Nations League last summer. <\/p>\n<h2>France lose in bid to reach third successive FIFA World Cup final<\/h2>\n<p>France have failed in their attempt to reach the final of the FIFA World Cup for a third successive edition. Les Bleus fell to a 2-0 defeat against Spain, who have now extended their unbeaten run to 37 games.<\/p>\n<p>La Roja took the lead after 22 minutes, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/lamine-yamal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Lamine Yamal<\/a> won a penalty off Lucas Digne. Mikel Oyarzabal stepped up and dispatched the penalty, scoring his fifth goal of the tournament for Spain.<\/p>\n<p>France tried but failed to match the quality on show from Luis de la Fuente&#8217;s side, and they doubled their advantage in the 58th minute. A well-worked passing move saw them go from back to front with precision, and Pedro Porro slid a finish beyond Mike Maignan for his second goal of the tournament. <\/p>\n<p>Les Bleus largely failed to trouble their opponents, succumbing to a demoralizing defeat in Dallas. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-post-rating-widget\">\n<p><template id=\"post-rating-feedback-modal-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-feedback-box\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-content\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-data\">\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p><textarea id=\"dislike-feedback-text\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"Please type your feedback...\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<button class=\"close\">Cancel<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"submit\">Submit<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-widget-parent hidden\">\n<div class=\"rating-parent-container\">\n<div class=\"rating-content-holder\">\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-action-container\">\n<div class=\"like-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-like-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"like\" title=\"like article\"><br \/>\n<img class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dislike-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-dislike-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"dislike\" title=\"dislike article\"><br \/>\n<img class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"publisher-name\">Edited by Sulayman Salahudeen<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/football\/news-it-s-ref-france-attacker-refuses-question-referee-unlike-deschamps-fifa-world-cup-semi-final-loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France star Rayan Cherki has refused to blame the officiating for his side&#8217;s defeat in the FIFA World Cup semi-final against Spain. Les Bleus failed in their bid to reach a third successive final, losing 2-0 against the Spanish side in Dallas. Cherki spoke to reporters after the game, turning away from blaming the referee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":252967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6806],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-252966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}