FIFA gave an explanation for Japan’s 2-1 play in which the ball appears to cross the line, though apparently not quite. The highest body offered its official position: “VAR reviewed Japan’s second goal in their 2-1 win over Spain to determine if the ball was out of bounds. The referees of the video game used the footage from the goal line camera to check if the ball was still partially on the line or not.
In addition, FIFA argues through a video that the different perspective can distort reality: “Other cameras can offer misleading images, but according to the available evidence, the ball was not out of bounds.” One of the things that is not understood is why a clearer image of the play could be seen on the stadium’s video scoreboard than what was seen on television. FIFA is working to clarify what happened.
The hundreds of shots of the ball went around the world. In principle the play was designated as a goal kick by the South African Victor Gomes but later, via VAR, it ended in 2-1 in Japan. Almost no one agrees on whether the ball had gone all the way. In the FIFA video arbitration room they have a virtual reproduction that they took a long time to apply, but that did not fail and ended up considering that the ball had not completely crossed the line in its entire circumference. Not just the part that was stuck to the grass.
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Bein Sports simulates that 3D technology and it shows some digital images in which what can be seen is that by centimeters, practically millimeters, the ball had not come out completely. A shadow stuck to the bottom line and perpendicular to the penalty spot ‘secures’ the part of the ball that was inside the field.
“Yes, I have seen the ball out, but the referee and the VAR have considered that it was inside and I don’t know why”; said the former striker of the Spanish National Team and world champion David Villa, a casual guest on the Arab television program who was trying to digitally demonstrate that the ball had not, in reality, completely crossed the line.
