Torbjorn Heggem was the first to react this past Saturday when the rebound of a teammate's close-range shot dropped invitingly in the six-yard box.
The Norway defender stuck out his left foot and poked the ball into the roof of the wide-open net to seemingly give his team a 2-1 second-half lead over England in a World Cup quarterfinal.
Heggem sprang to his feet with his arms outstretched looking for someone to hug. Teammates dashed in Heggem's direction and mobbed him near the corner. It was a moment of exhilaration for a nation that has never made a deep World Cup run before … until French referee Clément Turpin signaled that replay officials had asked him to go to a pitchside TV monitor to reexamine the buildup to the goal.
Replays showed that Norway's hulking superstar Erling Haaland had shoved England midfielder Elliot Anderson in the chest and sent him sprawling to the grass, preventing him from competing for position on the corner kick that led to the goal. Turpin ruled that was enough to disallow Norway's go-ahead goal even though Haaland was not involved in the play and Anderson appeared to go down a bit softly.
That was one of two video **** istant referee (VAR) decisions that left Norway fuming after its 2-1 loss to England in extra time. The Norwegians also unsuccessfully argued that VAR should have intervened to disallow Jude Bellingham's equalizing goal late in the first half because the ball appeared to strike an overhead camera cable right before the attack started.
The Norway defender stuck out his left foot and poked the ball into the roof of the wide-open net to seemingly give his team a 2-1 second-half lead over England in a World Cup quarterfinal.
Heggem sprang to his feet with his arms outstretched looking for someone to hug. Teammates dashed in Heggem's direction and mobbed him near the corner. It was a moment of exhilaration for a nation that has never made a deep World Cup run before … until French referee Clément Turpin signaled that replay officials had asked him to go to a pitchside TV monitor to reexamine the buildup to the goal.
Replays showed that Norway's hulking superstar Erling Haaland had shoved England midfielder Elliot Anderson in the chest and sent him sprawling to the grass, preventing him from competing for position on the corner kick that led to the goal. Turpin ruled that was enough to disallow Norway's go-ahead goal even though Haaland was not involved in the play and Anderson appeared to go down a bit softly.
That was one of two video **** istant referee (VAR) decisions that left Norway fuming after its 2-1 loss to England in extra time. The Norwegians also unsuccessfully argued that VAR should have intervened to disallow Jude Bellingham's equalizing goal late in the first half because the ball appeared to strike an overhead camera cable right before the attack started.
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