FIFA proven right on England vs Norway spidercam row as new evidence emerges

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FIFA were right to not intervene and disallow England's controversial first goal against

Norway

with new evidence of several camera angles showing that the spidercam cables were not struck.

Norway and goalkeeper Orjan Nyland were adamant that the trajectory of his goal kick was altered which allowed Elliot Anderson to pluck the ball from the sky under minimal pressure and feed Anthony Gordon who in turn got the assist for

Jude Bellingham

's goal.

According to

The Daily Mail

, FIFA have reviewed multiple other angles which show the ball took a natural flight path. A video directly from the spidercam itself has also been looked at with it clear there no 'wobble' in the footage, and thus the ball had no impact with any cables.

Their report has also stated that though the angle of the ball does appear to change,

footage from a side-angle actually shows that the ball had a smooth ar

c and naturally dipped after reaching its peak.

FIFA released a statement in the immediate aftermath confirming that there was no peak in the heartbeat sensor of the ball.

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The heartbeat sensor was used to disallow Croatia's last-gasp equaliser against

Portugal

due to an offside following a slight touch on the ball in the build up.

Despite the evidence, Norway were far from pleased by the decision to allow the goal with Sander Berge, Andreas Schjelderup and manager Stale Solbakken all making their displeasure clear.

The former said: "It's ridiculous, this one with the wire, 2-1 says itself - there are small margins and we know which way it went."

Schjelderup, who scored for Norway, went one further and told

TV2

: "You see that the ball changes direction and lands ten meters earlier. I haven't seen the pictures again, but if it hit, it's a scandal."

Solbakken acknowledged FIFA's evidence

but was still not exactly pleased as he was of the belief that there was a clear change of direction.

He said: "Many on the bench reacted immediately I was not one of them. I can't say anything about that because FIFA, if there is no sound in the chip, what can I say against that.

"The ball drops straight down from heaven. I saw another way just then so I also don't know what happened. I think it's pretty clear that it did and yeah, it was a strange thing."

There was far less controversy surrounding Bellingham's second goal with that coming in extra-time and taking

England to the World Cup semi-finals where they will face Argentina.

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