'Unbelievable' controversy eliminates Germany

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One of the astir arguable decisions of the World Cup has resulted successful Germany's elimination from the tournament, with questions raised astir the legitimacy of Japan's winning goal.

Ao Tanaka's 51st infinitesimal extremity enactment Japan up 2-1 implicit Spain, a borderline that that remained until the afloat clip whistle. That effect eliminated Germany, contempt their 4-2 triumph implicit Costa Rica.

Had Tanaka's extremity been disallowed and Japan and Spain finished 1-1, Germany would person gone done to the circular of 16, portion Japan would person been heading home.

The VAR took astir 2 minutes to corroborate Tanaka's goal, arsenic officials attempted to clarify if the shot had gone retired successful the pb up to the goal.

The rules authorities the full shot indispensable beryllium implicit the full enactment for it to beryllium ruled out.

"We request to perceive aft the crippled astir what they're relying connected here," said Socceroos large Craig Foster connected SBS' coverage.

"They person a sensor successful the shot and their extremity enactment exertion intelligibly you don't person it crossed the full extremity enactment extracurricular of the existent extremity itself."

In commentary for ITV, erstwhile Scottish planetary Ally McCoist said: "I deliberation the shot went out, I thought the shot went out. It's a tremendous shot again, tremendous cross… Yes, yep [over the line].

"He's fixed the goal. Unbelievable. That is perfectly astonishing it is, I thought for each intents and purposes, I thought it was out."

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