Germany has been eliminated from the tournament in the most dramatic 45 minutes of the World Cup.
Seven goals in the second halves of the Japan-Spain and Germany-Costa Rica games had the Group E standings spinning like a turnstile but at the end Japan and Spain survived.
And some believethe Germans have reason to complain about why they’re not moving on.
Japan had barely fired a shot against Spain when Ritsu Doan came to the rescue in the 48th minute of their clash.
The impressive strike, Japan’s first shot on target in the match, levelled the score at 1-1.
Others pointed out that some of the camera angles were deceiving and that VAR made the right call.
According to Fifa’s laws of the game, the ball is only out of play if it is “wholly passed over the goal line or touchline on the ground or in the air”.
Crap angle but look along the line and it would be even more overhanging. So in. pic.twitter.com/duVBIRgGHV
Trailing 1-0 against Germany, the central Americans scored twice to momentarily put Germany bottom of the group and move ahead of Spain into second spot.
