2 hours ago So what precisely did hap successful that melodramatic finale?
The Snickometer - oregon Snicko - is associated with cricket, but successful caller years, shot has adopted akin technology.
The Trionda lucifer ball, made by Adidas for this year's World Cup, has a microchip successful it that tin observe erstwhile the shot has been touched.
It allows precise data, specified arsenic each idiosyncratic interaction of the shot with a footwear oregon hand, to beryllium instantly sent to the video adjunct referee successful existent time.
Similar exertion was utilized astatine the 2022 World Cup and 2024 European Championship.
Speaking astatine his post-match quality conference, Croatia brag Zlatko Dalic refused to springiness elaborate thoughts astir his broadside being denied a last-gasp equaliser.
"I volition not remark overmuch astir it but I volition accidental the refereeing was precise bad," helium said.
"No fouls, nary set-pieces connected our broadside which should person been but that's nary crushed to speech astir the defeat. It was precise atrocious refereeing.
"You were capable to spot to what grade emotions had been killed and, altogether each these decisions instrumentality you backmost and really instrumentality the joyousness retired of football.
"VAR kills emotions, it kills everything wrong you. We person gone excessively acold with VAR."
Portugal brag Roberto Martinez was much forthcoming.
"It's a shame 1 of the 2 teams had to lose," said the Spaniard. "But determination is nary atrocious determination oregon fortunate decision. It was a wide moment.
"The balls present person a spot and the sensor shows the shot was touched."
At the clip of the goal, erstwhile England defender Matt Upson, speaking to 5 Live, said it was hard to archer successful existent clip whether Matanovic touched it.
Upson said: "That surge of emotion of a last-second equaliser and past it's whisked distant from you. Has helium decidedly touched that?
"We're looking astatine a replay here. Can we warrant helium glances that?
"The rotation connected the shot doesn't change, that's each I know. I don't deliberation helium touches that ball. That's the archetypal space I've seen of that and I'm not convinced helium touches that shot astatine all."
Having seen it again, Upson added astatine full-time: "From what I tin see, I don't spot immoderate alteration successful absorption of the ball.
"What the telling happening is, is the rotation connected the shot doesn't alteration and it looks similar Matanovic has touched that shot but it's absorbing that they're saying beyond immoderate tenable uncertainty helium has.
"I can't rather spot that."
Meanwhile, erstwhile Premier League adjunct referee Darren Cann messaged Mark Chapman, who was presenting BBC One's sum of the game, to say: "He was offside erstwhile the shot was past played by a team-mate and the shot was deflected by the defender and not deliberately played, truthful the offside stands.
"Snicko... that 100% proves that helium touched it with the flick-on."
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