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So what exactly happened in that dramatic ending?
Snickometer – or Snicko – is associated with cricket, but in recent years, football has adopted similar technologies.
The Trinda match ball, made by Adidas for this year’s World Cup, has a microchip inside it that detects when the ball has been touched.
It allows accurate information like every kick of the ball or touch of the hand to be instantly sent to the video assistant referee.
The same technology will be used at the 2022 World Cup and the 2024 European Championships.
In his post-match news conference, Croatia captain Zlatko Dalic refused to elaborate on why his side were denied a late equalizer.
“I won’t comment too much on it but I will say the refereeing was very bad,” he said.
“There was no foul from our side, it should have been, but that’s not the reason to talk about the defeat, the refereeing was very bad.
“You can see how emotions are killed and all these decisions take you back and take the joy out of football.
“VAR kills emotion, it kills everything in you. We have gone too far with VAR.”
Portugal boss Roberto Martinez was more forthcoming.
“It’s a shame for one of the two teams to lose,” said the Spaniard. “But there was no bad decision or lucky decision, it was a clear moment.
“The balls now have a chip and the sensor shows that the ball has been touched.”
Speaking to 5 Live at the time of the goal, former England defender Matt Upson said it was difficult to know exactly whether Matanovic touched him.
Upson said: “The feeling of that last-second equalizer and then it just gets away from you. Surely that affects you?
“We’re looking at a replay here. Can we guarantee he’ll see that?”
“The spin on the ball doesn’t change, that’s all I know. I don’t think he’s going to touch the ball. That’s the first angle I’ve seen and I’m not sure he’s going to touch that ball at all.”
After watching it again, Upson added at full-time: “From what I could see, I didn’t see a change in the direction of the ball.
The bottom line is the spin on the ball doesn’t change and it looks like Matanovic touched the ball, but it’s interesting that he said it beyond a reasonable doubt.
“I can’t see this very well.”
On the other hand, former Premier League assistant referee Darren Khan, while presenting BBC One’s match report, said in a message to Mark Chapman: “The ball was offside the last time the team played and the ball was deflected by a defender and was not played on purpose, so it was offside.
“Snicko… 100% confirms that he touched it with a flash.”
