Испанийн шигшээ Австрийн хаалганд гурван гоол оруулж дараагийн шатанд шалгарсан бол Португаль маргаантай шүүлтийн дүнд Хорватыг 2:1-ээр буулган авч дараагийн шатанд шалгарлаа.
Хорватын шигшээ Иван Перишичийн гоолоор тэргүүлж эхэлсэн ч Криштиану Роналду торгуулийн цохилтоор тооны харьцааг тэнцүүлсэн юм. Улмаар тоглолтын 94 дэх минутад Гонсалу Рамуш мөргөж багтаа ялалт авчирсан ч шүүгчид VAR ашиглан Йошко Гвардиолын оруулсан тэнцээний гоолыг Игорь Матановичийн хүрэлтээс болж тооцоогүй нь тоглолтын оргил үе байв.
Тус тоглолтын дараа Хорватын дасгалжуулагч Златко Далич шүүгчийн шийдвэрийг хурцаар шүүмжилж, VAR нь хөлбөмбөгийн сэтгэл хөдлөлийг үгүй хийж байна хэмээн мэдэгдлээ. Харин Португалийн дасгалжуулагч Роберто Мартинес технологийн тусламжтайгаар бөмбөгөнд хүрсэн нь тодорхой болсон тул зөв шийдвэр гарсан гэж үзэв.
Криштиану Роналду Испанитай хийх тоглолтын талаар ярихдаа тэднийг цомын төлөөх гол өрсөлдөгч гэж үнэлээд, багийн хувьд бэлтгэлтэй байгаагаа илэрхийлжээ. Түүний эгч Катиа Авейро энэ удаагийн ДАШТ нь Роналдугийн шигшээ багийн төлөөх “сүүлчийн бүжиг” болохыг онцолсон нь анхаарал татаж байна.
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Cristiano Ronaldo says Portugal are ready for the challenge of facing Spain after the neighbouring nations set up a World Cup round-of-16 meeting with wins on Thursday.
Spain eased past Austria in the day’s first game, Mikel Oyarzabal scoring twice in a 3-0 win, before Portugal followed them through after a hugely controversial 2-1 victory over Croatia.
Ivan Perisic put Croatia ahead only for a Ronaldo penalty to level the scores. Goncalo Ramos’ header in the 94th-minute appeared to have won it but there was still time for more drama with Josko Gvardiol seeing a last-gasp equaliser chalked off by the VAR, who used the footballing equivalent of cricket’s ‘snickometer’ to deem Igor Matanovic had flicked the ball on.
We know them well, says Ronaldo of Spain
It was harsh on Croatia, whose coach Zlatko Dalic was furious, but Ronaldo had already set his sights on the clash with Lamine Yamal and Co.
He said: “We know that Spain are one of the candidates to win the World Cup. It’s going to be a difficult game like every match from now on, but I think we’ll be prepared. We know them well, I think it will be a very close-fought game and we’ll see what happens. I feel good, physically balanced.”
Ronaldo displayed typical calm when taking his penalty before being replaced with nine minutes of normal time remaining.
“Our goal was to move forward, going game by game and seeing what happened,” he added. “You never feel afraid in those moments with a penalty, I have never felt like that. It is normal to be nervous, but I have always maintained a positive mentality, thinking that everything will be fine.”
Before the game, Ronaldo’s sister Katia Aveiro claimed this was the Al-Nassr star’s final World Cup, his “Last Dance” on the international stage.
“According to the information I have, you can say goodbye,” she said. “Not today, but I think this is the farewell. I mean the national team. I’m saying it from a reliable source. It’s the ‘Last Dance’, at the World Cup.”
Croatia boss Dalic slams VAR after disallowed goal
While that news dominated the build-up, the fall-out centred around the decision to disallow Gvardiol’s effort that would have taken the game to extra-time.
Unsurprisingly, the two coaches disagreed.
Roberto Martinez said: “It’s a shame one of the two teams had to lose. But there is no bad decision or lucky decision. It was a clear moment.
“The balls now have a chip and the sensor shows the ball was touched.”
Dalic did not want to go into the specific incident in detail but made clear his thoughts on VAR.
“I will not comment much about it but I will say the refereeing was very bad,” he said.
“No fouls, no set-pieces on our side which should have been but that’s no reason to talk about the defeat. It was very bad refereeing.
“You were able to see to what extent emotions had been killed and, altogether all these decisions take you back and actually take the joy out of football.
“VAR kills emotions, it kills everything within you. We have gone too far with VAR.”
