Diego Costa’s equaliser for Spain against Portugal on Friday was the first time a World Cup goal was awarded after a review from the Video Assistant Referee.
The striker’s goal was allowed to stand in spite of a collision with defender Pepe.
Costa ran into the Portuguese centre back in the build-up to his equaliser in the 24th minute to cancel out Cristiano Ronaldo’s fourth minute penalty.
Italian referee, Gianluca Rocchi. gave the goal after consulting the VAR team.
The system, which was trialled in Germany’s Bundesliga and Italy’s Serie A last season, allows the video assistant to review decisions where a “clear and obvious” error is spotted.
Later in the first half Spain midfielder, Isco, asked Rocchi to consult the video assistant again when a shot from Andres Iniesta came flying off the underside of the bar.
However, the Italian indicated he would have received a signal on his watch from the goal line technology being used had the ball crossed the line.
Trending
- 𝐀𝐤𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐨𝐧 e𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐬, c𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐜 e𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
- Detained journalist, Daniel Ojukwu, will be released soon — Police
- ASUU rejects wage award, insists on negotiated salary for members
- Soldier hides 36 grenades, 756 bullets inside bag of rice
- Rhapsody of Realities published in 8,000 languages, 4,000 dialects, 2,000 braille languages
- Polytechnic scheme of service to be ready soon — HoCSF
- First Bank appoints new Chairman as Hassan-Odukale exits
- FCT staff, estate agents engage in land grabbing – Wike