Croatians have gone on the attack against FIFA and referees after their World Cup exit to Portugal, claiming a specific rule should have kept their hopes alive.
Josko Gvardiol’s 103rd-minute equaliser was ruled out because, after a VAR check, his team-mate Igor Matanovic was adjudged to have headed the ball to an offside team-mate earlier in play.
It was impossible to tell with the naked eye whether he had touched it but a microchip implanted in the ball suggested that he had.
However, Croatian journalists are now pointing to a line in FIFA’s semi-automatic technology rulebook which says that hair is only considered part of
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