Zlatan Ibrahimovic accuses FIFA of corruption after VAR disallows Croatia's late equalizer against Portugal
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has fiercely criticized the use of VAR after Croatia's late equalizer against Portugal was controversially disallowed. Speaking as a pundit, he accused FIFA of corruption, suggested the ball sensor may have malfunctioned, and implied football authorities wanted a Portugal vs Spain matchup instead. The decision denied Croatia a comeback in what Ibrahimovic called a 'fantastic match ruined by VAR.'
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It was a fantastic match ruined in the end by VAR.
I saw nothing irregular about the 2-2 goal; VAR disallowed it, but for me, it was a robbery.
Either the sensor in the ball wasn't working or something went wrong, because Renato Veiga touched the
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