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19th December 2022
11:45am GMT

Underneath they explained that "two emotionally charged substitutes" entered the pitch before the 35-year-old's goal, which is "strictly prohibited".
The goal had been checked for offside to see if Martinez had strayed over the line in the build up to the goal, however L'Équipe believe that a free kick should have been awarded to France for the pitch encroachment.
According to Law there, Paragraph nine of the Laws of Football states: "If, after a goal is scored, the referee becomes aware before play resumes that an additional person was on the pitch at the time the goal was scored: the referee must disallow the goal if the extra person was: a player, substitute, substituted player, sent off player or official of the team who scored the goal; play must be restarted with a direct free kick from the place where the extra person was."
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