Japan defeated Spain in a miraculous way yesterday, beating two former champion teams successively to obtain tickets for the round of 16. Whether Japan’s 51st minute lead-winning goal went out of bounds also caused a wave of controversy. Later, the referee also watched VAR The goal is declared valid.
According to the rules of football, a ball must completely cross the line before it is considered out of bounds. Just like in badminton and tennis, as long as it partially touches the line, no matter how small it is, it is considered in bounds. Similarly, on a football field, a ball must completely cross the goal line before it is considered a goal.
This goal also determines the fate of this group. Japan relied on this goal to win and won the first place. Spain and Germany have the same points. After the goal difference, Spain advances to the next round, and Germany It is a pity that the two consecutive group matches stopped.
After the game, netizens also sent out the Japanese flag on the Internet, and added a line beside the original red circle, which became like the key ball VAR interpreted, and said that this is the new national flag of Japan in the future, and some netizens left a message saying I don’t know if Japan will produce an in peripheral like the badminton Linyang with the pressure line lore in the Taiwan Olympics.