We haven’t seen this! Fifa published a new graphic of Matanović’s backfield. There were two touches of the ball

Igor Matanović was jumping for the ball, while behind him, in an illegal position, was Mario Pašalić. The ball seemed to go past Matanovic’s head, and then bounced off Portuguese defender Renato Veiga to Pashali. He then passed the ball to the far post, where Guardiol put it into the net.

Chief judge Poor Espen he conceded the goal, and then decided to cancel it after the intervention of the VAR room and a re-examination of the footage. Football’s umbrella organization released a graphic of Matanovic’s touch, and now a second graphic showing Veiga’s touch has been released. The comparative graphic shows the difference between the two touches.

– According to the data of the Connected Ball technology located inside the ball, it has been proven that the Croatian national team member with number 20, Igor Matanović, made contact with the ball in the action that preceded the goal against Portugal. This allowed the referee to correctly award the penalty and cancel the goal – says Fifa in the explanation.

The mentioned technology uses sensors embedded in the ball, and the sensors register even the slightest contact with the ball and send it to the VAR while the spectators see it through “heartbeat” graphics.

At the first pass, nobody was in the backfield. However, the sensor showed that there was an additional touch of the Croatian attack (Matanovi). This is considered a new addition and a new action. However, many are also debating what is being defendedč Portugal touched the ball after Matanovi – licensed Swedish referee Victor said in the analysis on Referee Channel Instagram.

He additionally explained why the Portuguese Veiga’s touch did not cancel out the setbacks.

If his touch was intentional, then there would be no backlash. According to the rules, playing the ball intentionally is when he plays itč has under control. If you look at the situation, defendč was watching what će attacksč make. We can see that there is a very small distance between him and Matanović, he bent down and this cannot be considered as deliberate playing of the ball. This does not exclude the possibility of a backlash – he concluded.