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They obviously wanted Portugal and Ronaldo to go through to the round of 16 to face Spain
Sweden legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic has expressed extreme anger after Croatia’s goal was disallowed in the dying moments of the World Cup round of 32 match against Portugal.
Guardiol scored a late equalizer for Croatia against Portugal, but the referee at the arena disallowed the goal for offside, reverting to video technology.
The newspaper publishedLa Gazzetta dello Sport“Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s statements during the analysis of the match for Fox Sports.
Ibrahim said: “It was a great match but VAR ruined it at the end. I see no foul in the equalizer (2-2).
He added: “The video technology disallowed the goal, but for me it was a steal, either the sensor inside the ball didn’t work or something happened because Renato Vega touched the ball, which means it wasn’t offside.”
He emphasized: “Look at the angle of the replay, the Croatian number 20 player did not touch the ball, nor did it even slightly change the path of it, which was touched by the Portuguese number 13 player Renato Vega.”
He continued: “How can it be offside, the opposing defender touches the ball, and then suddenly the Croatian goalkeeper is offside? This is absurd.”
“Croats, who fought with all their hearts, were denied a dream moment at the World Cup. When you disallow a goal in the 90th minute, the decision should be clear. It was not at all clear here. This wasn’t arbitrage, it was straight up theft. It’s clear to me that they wanted Portugal and Ronaldo to qualify for the Round of 16.”
