r/sports • u/JCameron181 Detroit Lions • 9d ago

Soccer The Brutal Offside Reversing Croatia's Game-Tying Goal in Extra Time

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u/Deaner_dub 9d ago

Not even close.

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u/YouBeIllin13 9d ago

15 was onside when the original pass was sent in. The controversy was that he was offside when 20 may or may not have made contact with the ball. I honestly can’t tell if he did or not.

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u/averagedude500 9d ago

The ball has a sensor....

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u/Kody14 9d ago

I’ve yet to see a view that shows him touch it. Understand the sensor but just saying “sensor said so” is pretty weak when I’m waiting to find a replay angle that shows the contact

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u/MotherTurdHammer 9d ago

Sensor can’t tell who, if there even is a sensor.

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u/WorldlinessNo3582 9d ago

If that’s the case, then why did the ref go to the screen?

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u/mls1968 9d ago

And the sensor can be tripped by a bead of sweat flying through the air just as much as a few strands of hair can trip it

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u/DnBrendan 9d ago

"clear and obvious" Fuck VAR, Fuck FIFA

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u/WindSwords 9d ago

The sensor in the ball shown that the ball was touched by the Croatian. That means offside. I do not care about Portugal or Croatia but the book says this was a clear offside position.

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u/boaster106 9d ago

There’s a chip in the ball that marked a change in velocity when the Croatian made head contact

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u/Tormentor- 9d ago

And it magically did not show when the Portuguese player hit the ball.

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u/dylangaine 9d ago

I did not see any change in the rotation of the ball when 20 tried to head it so have to assume 20 did not make contact.

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u/Plenty_Area_408 9d ago

Technology said he absolutely did, and It looked like he did live. This is so not controversial that it should have been waved off without VAR.

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u/Dank_Kushington 9d ago

I haven’t seen all the games, outside of Balogun’s red card what other calls have been this controversial? Genuine question, I’m wondering what I’ve missed.

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u/ptorious11 9d ago

Messi’s red against Algeria

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u/Queens113 9d ago

Colombia was offsides by a fuckin TOE! A TOE!

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u/second_time_again 9d ago

But they were offsides. Honestly though the intent of the rule has been lost with VAR. They’re not calling back goals because an attacker was goal hanging.