Technology assisted with both France goals as the 1998 winners began their World Cup campaign with 2-1 win over Australia in Group C on Saturday, according to dpa. The Euro 2016 runners-up took the lead through Antoine Griezmann's penalty on 58 minutes after referee Andres Cunha was alerted by the Video Assistant Referee to Griezmann being fouled by Joshua Risdon. In a World Cup first, he gave the spotkick after reviewing the action on a pitchside monitor. France's lead did not last long with Mile Jedinak dispatching a 62nd minute penalty after Samuel Umtiti was adjudged to have handballed and the VAR did not disagree. Technology intervened again on 81 minutes when Paul Pogba's deflected effort was shown to have crossed the line by the goal-line technology system on the referee's watch.
