A study carried out by the Spanish mathematician Santiago García Cremades has solved one of the great mysteries of the World Cup in Qatar: how much is the second goal of Japan’s victory over Spain, which qualified the Japanese for the round of 16, worth. from the competition and sent Germany home early.
It all happened in the 51st minute of the game. Mitoma crossed and Tanaka scored, and the prevailing idea at the time was that the ball had crossed all four lines???????? By the way, the goal itself was initially disallowed by South African referee Victor Gomes. However, after the intervention of the VAR, the decision was revoked and the offer was validated.
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According to the Spanish mathematician, the goal is well marked since the ball is within the field of play by 6.79 millimeters or, as El Mundo recalls, the average size of a grain of rice???????? Santiago García Cremades, explains the Spanish newspaper, used images of the game, the measurements of the ball and the thickness of the bottom line. The width of the line is 120 millimeters and the mathematician’s results indicate that 3% of the ball’s surface touches it at the moment of the center.
The controversy over the Japanese goal even led FIFA to share a video with explanations about the play. “Japan’s second goal, in the 2-1 win against Spain, was analyzed by VAR to determine if the ball was out of play. The official referees used the images from the goal line camera to confirm if the ball was still partially on the line or not”, can be read in a tweet that accompanies the video at various speeds of this moment of the game. “Other cameras may give misleading images but, based on the available evidence, the ball was not entirely out of bounds.”Justifies FIFA on its official Twitter account.
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In addition to VAR, FIFA has been analyzing and justifying various decisions with the sensors included in the official competition ball???????? In fact, it was through this technology that, during Portugal’s match against Uruguay, FIFA corrected the authorship of the first goal of the Portuguese team, attributing it to Bruno Fernandes and not Cristiano Ronaldo, as initially considered.
Source: Observadora
