England advanced to the World Cup semi-finals after defeating Norway 2-1 in Miami, but the quarter-final was overshadowed by a heated dispute over whether the ball had struck a spidercam wire in the build-up to Jude Bellingham's equaliser.
Norway players immediately surrounded referee Clement Turpin following Bellingham's goal in the 45+2' mark, insisting the ball had clipped one of the overhead camera cables suspended above the pitch. Under FIFA rules, any contact between the ball and such equipment requires the goal to be disallowed and play restarted with a dropped ball.
What the technology showed
FIFA moved swiftly to address the controversy, stating there was



