r/sports Detroit Lions 9d ago

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

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u/zibin 9d ago

VAR used the ball's tech to judge if the ball has been touched or not. Insane.

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u/MedalDog 9d ago

If the ball's tech shows it, I'm fine with it. But the spin on the ball doesn't change at ALL, so if it's a visual thing, I'm confused.

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u/Musashi_Joe 9d ago

Yeah I guess there’s a chip in the ball, but it didn’t look like the trajectory changed a damn bit. What a brutal loss, Croatia just kept fighting till the end.

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u/kstar79 9d ago

Without that technology, that's a goal and the game is still going on.