FIFA explains waving off Croatia’s game-tying goal in latest World Cup VAR controversy

Fuente: New York Post

Virtually no one is happy with FIFA’s Video Assistant Referee (VAR), which called back Croatia’s game-tying goal in the 12th minute of stoppage time Thursday in their 2-1 loss to Portugal. Joško Gvardiol seemed to tie the game after a cross from Ivan Perišić appeared to hit Portuguese center-back Renato Veiga, thus preventing a possible offsides. After a lengthy review brought on by FIFA’s VAR, it was determined that the ball grazed the head of Igor Matanović and reset the offside line before Gvardiol blasted the ball into the back of the net.