JAPAN GOT LUCKY

FROM one angle, the ball was out of play before Japan’s winner against Spain. From another, it was in. The on-field decision was that the ball went out: no goal.

VAR Fernando Guerrero had to be certain to overturn that call. But I’m not sure the ‘evidence’ was sufficient to say, without a shadow of a doubt, the ball did not go out of play. It still looked too close to call. But I can see why Germany, who dropped out of the World Cup as a result, weren’t happy.