Did ball hit spidercam before England goal? Snicko says not – Norway unsureFigure caption, Did spider cam impact England’s opener?ByAdwaidh RajanBBC Sport journalistPublished39 minutes agoNorway’s impressive World Cup campaign ended in a 2-1 quarter-final defeat by England, but their exit was accompanied by frustration as they felt Jude Bellingham’s equaliser should have been disallowed for an unusual reason.
The Norwegians claimed the ball struck one of the spidercam wires in the build-up to Bellingham’s equalising goal in Miami. Had it been determined that the ball had touched a wire, the goal would have been ruled out and play restarted with a dropped ball.
“It’s ridiculous, this one with the wire,” Norway and Fulham midfielder Sander Berge mentioned after the game. “[The result] 2-1 says itself – there are small margins and we know which way it went.”
Norway captain Martin Odegaard also questioned the refereeing calls in the last-eight tie.
“I didn’t see it myself [the incident], but margins were not in our favour today with some of the decisions,” he mentioned. “Maybe you need that in games like this.”
Norway were also left aggrieved when a second-half header from Torbjorn Heggem was ruled out following a video assistant referee (VAR) review that penalised Erling Haaland for a shove on Elliot Anderson as a corner was taken.
“It’s an advantage to be as big and physically strong as Erling, but you get punished if you hold a player,” Berge mentioned.
