So what precisely did occur in that dramatic finale?
The Snickometer – or Snicko – is related to cricket, however lately, soccer has adopted related expertise.
The Trionda match ball, made by Adidas for this 12 months’s World Cup, has a microchip in it that may detect when the ball has been touched.
It permits exact information, equivalent to each particular person contact of the ball with a boot or hand, to be instantly despatched to the video assistant referee in actual time.
Comparable expertise was used on the 2022 World Cup and 2024 European Championship.
Talking at his post-match information convention, Croatia boss Zlatko Dalic refused to provide detailed ideas about his facet being denied a last-gasp equaliser.
“I cannot remark a lot about it however I’ll say the refereeing was very dangerous,” he stated.
“No fouls, no set-pieces on our facet which ought to have been however that is no purpose to speak in regards to the defeat. It was very dangerous refereeing.
“You had been in a position to see to what extent feelings had been killed and, altogether all these selections take you again and truly take the enjoyment out of soccer.
“VAR kills feelings, it kills the whole lot inside you. Now we have gone too far with VAR.”
Portugal boss Roberto Martinez was extra forthcoming.
“It is a disgrace one of many two groups needed to lose,” stated the Spaniard. “However there is no such thing as a dangerous resolution or fortunate resolution. It was a transparent second.
“The balls now have a chip and the sensor reveals the ball was touched.”
On the time of the objective, former England defender Matt Upson, talking to five Reside, stated it was laborious to inform in actual time whether or not Matanovic touched it.
Upson stated: “That surge of emotion of a last-second equaliser after which it is whisked away from you. Has he positively touched that?
“We’re taking a look at a replay right here. Can we assure he glances that?
“The spin on the ball would not change, that is all I do know. I do not assume he touches that ball. That is the primary angle I’ve seen of that and I am not satisfied he touches that ball in any respect.”
Having seen it once more, Upson added at full-time: “From what I can see, I do not see any change in path of the ball.
“What the telling factor is, is the spin on the ball would not change and it appears like Matanovic has touched that ball however it’s attention-grabbing that they are saying past any cheap doubt he has.
“I can not fairly see that.”
In the meantime, former Premier League assistant referee Darren Cann messaged Mark Chapman, who was presenting BBC One’s protection of the sport, to say: “He was offside when the ball was final performed by a team-mate and the ball was deflected by the defender and never intentionally performed, so the offside stands.
“Snicko… that 100% proves that he touched it with the flick-on.”
