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Evening Standard
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George Flood

Why Japan’s winning goal against Spain at World Cup was allowed to stand by VAR

Japan’s famous 2-1 World Cup victory over Spain was shrouded in controversy and VAR mystery after many felt that their winning goal should have been disallowed.

Ao Tanaka netted for the Samarai Blue at Doha’s Khalifa International Stadium on Thursday night to seal another incredible comeback just three minutes after Ritsu Doan had struck shortly following the interval to cancel out Alvaro Morata’s early header.

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