FIFA showed that the ball did not go completely in the commented goal from Japan to Spain | VIDEO

FIFA ruled on one of the controversies left by the group stage of Qatar 2022. Last Thursday, Ao Tanaka scored Japan’s 2-1 win over Spain. But, before the definition, Kaoru Mitoma launched onto the grass to send the cross. Doubt was born precisely from that action because, according to various perspectives, the ball came out completely.

However, the International Federation of Association Football issued a brief statement through its official Twitter account to provide an explanation for the aforementioned maneuver. In the note, the football mother entity shows that the ball does not fully exceed the last line of the field.

“The cameras may have shown misleading images, but according to the available evidence, the ball had not completely left the limits of the pitch”pointed out the institution led by Gianni Infantino.

And I add: “Japan’s second goal has been verified by VAR to determine if the ball had gone out of bounds. Those responsible for video analysis used goal line technology to find out whether or not the ball was still partly on the line.”holds.

FIFA added a couple of videos to depict the situation that caused controversy. The first content is from the viewing that the judges made from the video arbitration booth and that ended with the validation of the main Victor Gomes. The second showed a scene similar to the discussed action that left the game between Japanese and Spanish.

As recalled, IFAB rule 9 specifies that the ball is considered out of play when “it has completely crossed the end line or the touch line, on the ground or in the air”. In the case of the second goal of the Japanese, the law does not apply.

In this way, FIFA rejects the affirmations that indicate that that goal harmed the potential qualification of Germany to the round of 16. And it is that, the triumph of the Asians left out the Germans and sent Luis Enrique Martínez’s ‘Red’ to second place in the table.