A new angle of Japan's controversial winner against Spain - which knocked Germany out of the World Cup - has shown the ball might have just been in play after all.
Just moments after equalising against Spain, Japan put the ball in the net for the second time but the goal was initially ruled out as the ball was deemed to have gone out of play. However, after a lengthy VAR check, officials gave the goal.
It was concluded that Kaoru Mitoma had kept the ball in play before Ao Tanaka bundled the ball into the net just 142 seconds after Ritsu Doan's equaliser. And FIFA have now explained the decision - despite one camera angle in particular appearing to show the ball out of play.
