Graeme Souness Japan World Cup goal blast takes fresh twist as Rangers hero gets his wish from FIFA
dailyrecord.co.ukIt’s an image that Graeme Souness and Gary Neville could have done with on Thursday night as the pair were left scratching their heads at Japan’s hugely controversial winner against Spain being allowed to stand.
But a new camera angle seems to suggest that the ball WAS still in play when Kaoru Mitoma crossed for Ao Tanaka to net a famous goal for Blue Samurai.
Rangers and Scotland legend Souness didn’t have the benefit of that as he debated with the rest of the ITV panel whether it should have stood.
And that left them to draw just one conclusion - that the goal shouldn’t have stood. A bird’s eye view of the incident gives fresh perspective and Souness said at the time: “Every television studio, pundit, everyone who’s got an interest in this World Cup will be wanting to see this picture [from above].
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