3 “controversial” goals in the World Cup in Qatar.. and “technology” ended the ambiguity

The World Cup is always accompanied by controversial goals, and talk about it continues even after decades have passed. Perhaps the most famous of them is the most controversial goal in the history of the world championship, which was scored by the late Argentine Diego Maradona with his hand against England in the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup in 1986, and it remains controversial even 36 years later.

The Qatar World Cup 2022 was not devoid of controversial goals, but with the tremendous development in the use of technology, including the “assistant video referee” (the mouse), the ambiguity ended, and there was no longer much room for controversy about it, but despite that it will remain stuck in the memory of the Qatari World Cup, and it will remain the talk of the night. And Al-Nahar over the coming years, despite the fact that technology has settled the controversy in it, because many have their own point of view about it, and also because some of them believe that “technology” kills the fun of discussion and also the excitement left behind by these goals. So far, after the conclusion of the group stage and the round of 16, and with the start of the quarter-final matches today, three goals dominate the scene, which is the goal scored by the Japanese Unai Simon in Spain and was decisive in qualifying his country and eliminating Germany from the first round, as well as the goal scored by Portuguese star Ronaldo in Uruguay, and it was awarded to teammate Bruno Fernandez, and the goal that was not awarded to French striker Griezmann against Tunisia.

Depriving Ronaldo of his goal in Uruguay

The Portuguese national team striker, Cristiano Ronaldo, was the hero of the controversial second goal against Uruguay in the first round, which was initially counted in his favor, before it was modified to be awarded to his teammate Bruno Fernandez, who had sent a cross in the 54th minute. In the goal, and the latter went off to celebrate, as everyone believed that he scored the goal.

And artificial intelligence intervened again by calculating the goal in the name of Fernandez, as according to a statement by “FIFA”, a technique was used in the ball manufactured by the German company Adidas, which decisively confirmed that Ronaldo did not touch the ball despite the impression that Ronaldo touched it with his head, before turning it into the goal.

Japan’s “line” ball against Spain

Japanese striker Unai Simon scored against Spain during the confrontation between the two teams at the end of the group stage of the World Cup in Qatar, one of the most controversial goals, as it raised many question marks, and was the reason for the loss of the “Matador”, and Germany’s farewell from the first round, as the TV replay appears At first glance the ball crossed the goal line before being passed to striker Simon.

And the International Federation issued an official statement announcing the validity of the goal, and said that the validity of the goal was examined via video assistive technology, the “mouse”, and the goal line camera images were used to verify whether the ball was still partially on the line or not, and the statement indicated that other cameras may display misleading images, and that, according to the available evidence, the entire ball was not outside the goal line.

Griezmann’s joy suspended

The equalizer, which was canceled by New Zealand referee Mathieu Conger and scored by French Griezmann against Tunisia at the end of the group stage, entered the list of controversial goals. The referee’s decision using video technology is incorrect, according to Article 10 of the International Federation Council Regulations.

She indicated that this article prohibits the match referee from resorting to video technology if the match resumes after it was stopped, with the exception of certain cases, such as mistaken identification or the occurrence of inappropriate behavior such as violence, spitting and other actions outside the text, and that the referee resumed the match with Tunisia playing the kick-off before To announce the end of the match, pointing out that this snapshot was not broadcast during the televised broadcast of the match. However, “FIFA” settled the controversy and confirmed the invalidity of Griezmann’s goal, and the legitimacy of Tunisia’s victory over France.

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