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How close is this? Japan denied a goal by millimet...
Key takeaways
- Japan have previous history at a World Cup when it comes to decisions decided by mere millimeters.
- With Japan up 1-0 at the time, Tunisia goalkeeper Aymen Dahmen made a wonderful save after a header from a corner was tipped onto the post and across the line, but the ball came incredibly close to going in.
- Goal-line technology was used to determine whether the ball had actually crossed the line, and it hadn't.
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Japan have previous history at a World Cup when it comes to decisions decided by mere millimeters.
The Samurai Blue were denied a goal against Tunisia on Sunday at Monterrey Stadium in the 1,000th World Cup match by the tiniest of margins thanks to goal-line technology, but fans might remember a similar story when VAR got involved four years ago.
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