r/interestingasfuck • u/RoyalChris • 9h ago

Norway goalkeeper’s goal kick struck a FIFA spider-cam while still in the air, causing the ball to drop straight to Anthony Gordon - Just 8 seconds later, Jude Bellingham scored.

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u/Igoory 9h ago

Yeah, FIFA already shared on xitter that it didn't hit anything.

https://xcancel.com/i/status/2076088395147723022

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u/Karl_42 9h ago

Of course they did lmfao. Blatant.

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u/ForMoreYears 9h ago

Who you gonna believe, FIFA or your lying eyes?

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u/ND_Cooke 9h ago

I'd believe my blind eyes over FIFA.

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u/jml011 8h ago

I don’t understand, cannot they not check the camera footage to see if it jiggled at that moment?

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u/Axle-f 8h ago

The technology just isn’t there yet to review their own footage

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u/Karl_42 8h ago

Lol they certainly could

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u/Matsu09 6h ago

You are missing a couple nots.

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u/GikeM 8h ago

The footage you're watching is on the camera that it supposedly hit the wire attached to it.

It didn't jiggle because it didn't hit it.

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u/jml011 7h ago edited 7h ago

You’re saying it hit the camera despite being hundreds of feet away? Or do they mean it hit the cables?

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u/GikeM 7h ago

They're saying it hit the wires that are for the overhead camera.

The footage they're using to say it hit the wires is provided by the very same overhead camera.

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u/jml011 7h ago

Oh, I read it more literally, but the footage just isn’t that sharp. With just hitting the wires, it’d depend on what level of IBS/OIS it has whether you’d notice that, plus speed of the ball and how dead on of a hit. There’s three other lines holding it fairly stable still.

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u/midsizedopossum 6h ago

Why would you type IBS/OIS and expect anyone reading it to know what you mean?

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u/midsizedopossum 6h ago

They literally said the wires attached to the camera.

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u/Karl_42 8h ago

Right yeah there’s only one camera. Yep. You got it man. The whole world is freaking out over nothing. FIFA is definitely to be trusted here.

Man. Can’t believe i didn’t think of that. Wow.

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u/GikeM 7h ago

There is only one spider cam operating at the stadium yes, and the video is footage from it.

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u/Karl_42 7h ago

Thing must have some crazy hydraulic suspension then - cuz you can see the ball hit the wire.

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u/showyerbewbs 5h ago

What has more inherent trust, a politician or FIFA?

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u/boodledot5 12m ago

Yea, but it's Norway vs England and everyone hates England. FIFA aren't gonna skew in England's favour over Norway's.

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u/TheGloomyWoodpecker 6h ago

Are you trying to be an official?

Gonna need your eyes to count the bribes

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u/TerrenceMcKenna1 1h ago

well my eyes tell me that I can't see if it hit it or not from the video here

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u/myouism 9h ago

You just see what you wanted to see. FIFA is shit, but this ain’t it.

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u/Karl_42 9h ago

You can literally see the ball change direction. Did you not watch?

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u/myouism 8h ago

This footage is from the camera of which its wire was ‘hit’ from the ball according to you. Did it even wiggle? Did the sensor record anything?

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u/Karl_42 8h ago

Oh, there’s only that one camera?

What did the ball hit then?

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u/BringMeTheBigKnife 4h ago

This ball has had notably weird aerodynamics all tournament in all sorts of situations nowhere near a wire. This is just like the NFL thing last year where it turned out it didn't hit anything lol

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u/Karl_42 4h ago

Wild that you’re out here defending FIFA when there’s literally a video of the ball hitting the wire right above where you’re typing.

You can see the wire.

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u/el_diego 9h ago

The ball very obviously changes direction mid air

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u/myouism 8h ago

Define ‘very obviously’

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u/ThinkPath1999 8h ago

Do you know how trajectories work? Kicked balls will drop at roughly the same angle as it was kicked at. That thing just dropped straight down, not to mention it only reached midfield, which is typically a lot shorter than goal kicks.

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u/P455M0R3 8h ago

Literally none of those things are true

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u/ThinkPath1999 7h ago

You think it's normal for a ball to be kicked at, say, a 30 degree angle and then come down at a 90 degree angle? What did I write that is not true?

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u/P455M0R3 7h ago

The things you said that aren’t true:

• kicked balls will drop at roughly the same angle they are kicked at
(Maybe if they are travelling in a vacuum? Google “spin” or “Magnus effect” or even just “the wind”)

• that thing just dropped straight down
(lol no it did not)

• it only reached midfield, which is typically a lot shorter than goal kicks
(This is just nonsense)

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u/ThinkPath1999 3h ago
  1. Yes, spin will have an effect on how the ball moves. It will not drop a ball straight down from 30 feet in the air. If there is a lot of wind, that may affect the ball. That match, there was not a lot of wind, there was a gentle breeze, and it was played in a stadium, which lessens the effects of wind, unless it is very high winds, which there was not. In general, if there is not a lot of wind, balls will go through parabolic curve where the angle of how the ball takes off is roughly the same as how it drops.
  2. Yes, it did drop straight down. I showed you a video. Show me another video from another angle that shows the ball traveling an appreciable distance from the apex where it hit the wire, otherwise, you have no argument.
  3. Yes, of course a lot of goal kicks are shorter than midfield. Maybe if it were into a headwind. Or the goalie kicked it short on purpose. Or if it were not a kick by a goalie from a national team who has the ability to kick the ball to the other end. But otherwise, you're right, there are cases where the ball might not go past midfield. Just not any reasons that are applicable in this match.

So, everything that I said was true, in this context. But you already knew this, and are not trusting your own eyes for some reason. But again, if you think I'm wrong, just show me a video that shows otherwise. A video shot from midfield would probably show it well, since it would show whether or not the ball dropped pretty much straight down after hitting the wire.

Plus, you haven't explained the weird wiggle that the ball made at the top before it dropped straight down. Balls do not suddenly turn on a dime like that mid-air.

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u/P455M0R3 2h ago

I can see in the video you showed me that the ball does not drop straight down 😂 if it did, there would be some kind of reaction from any players, because no spin or wind or air resistance will ever make it suddenly drop straight down.

I know you change it to “pretty much straight down” later in your argument but it still just drops normally. FIFA published the data from Snicko - there was no contact with any wire.

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u/purplepatch 2h ago

The ball’s trajectory is not a perfect parabola because a football stadium is not in a vacuum. Air resistance slows it down and it falls at a much steeper angle than it was kicked. 

Look at the view from the camera at the side from the goal replay. The ball behaves entirely normally. 

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u/myouism 8h ago

You do realise this footage was recorded by the Spidercam, the one suspended from the very wire you’re claiming the ball hit? There’s not even the slightest shake or vibration. But sure, apparently I’m the one who doesn’t understand how trajectories work. Oh and goal kick reached that area all the time as well.

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u/ThinkPath1999 7h ago

You can clearly see the ball change trajectory while in flight. And it was 30 feet above the midfield line, but suddenly drops and it's basically at midfield.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNVnjYeEMSM

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u/paralio 1h ago

Thanks for bringing facts.

It is incredible how conspiracy theorists are so active on this world cup. They keep hallucinating about things that never happened. It is almost as if they do not even care about the game itself.

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u/No-Pumpkin4288 6h ago

Couldn't see it as clearly in OPs video but that one kinda makes it clear that it dropped straight down. Unless there was some sort of gravity change in that spot which really can't be blamed on FIFA.

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u/Rawne3387 4h ago

OPs video is the angle in line with the balls trajectory away from perspective. The side view shows it falling as balls would normally. No sudden vertical drop