New Fifa ball tech produced ‘heartbeat graphic’ that allowed VAR rule out Croatia equaliser

It looked like Josko Gvardiol had equalised against Portugal deep in stoppage time, but VAR ruled it out.

Screenshot from Fifa Media X account of the VAR decision that ruled out Josko Gvardiol's goal for Croatia.

FIFA has confirmed that Croatia’s equaliser against Portugal was correctly ruled out for offside due to technology housed inside the World Cup ball.

Goncalo Ramos’ header put Portugal 2-1 up in the fourth minute of added time but it looked like Croatia had scored a dramatic equaliser when Josko Gvardiol nudged them level nine minutes later.