Fifa insist Japan's controversial winner was legitimate “on the evidence available”
Kaoru Mitoma stops the ball from fully crossing the line as he sets up Japan's winning goal. Source: Petr David Josek
The goal sparked huge debate among television pundits and online, with ITV pundit Graeme Souness demanding Fifa share the images which had been used to help make the decision. “Japan’s second goal in their 2-1 win over Spain was checked by VAR to determine if the ball had gone out of play,” the first read.
The second post showed how a ball could appear to be wholly behind the line and therefore out of play from one angle, but when viewed from above part of the ball was still hanging over the line.
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