Portugal shot the crossbar twice and in both plays they claimed to the referee that the ball had crossed the goal line after bouncing on the pitch.
It was the 67th minute, when in a book against the Fernando Santos team, Cristiano Ronaldo assisted his teammate Renato Sanches who first broke the crossbar of Kepa's goal. “The ball does not go in. Bounce on the line”, said in Sports Carousel, Iturralde González, former referee and analyst for AS and SER. Phantom goal that Portugal requested as a valid goal from referee Paolo Valeri. The television image showed that the ball did not completely cross the goal line.
Previously, Cristiano Ronaldo had also thrown the crossbar of the Spanish goal and also asked for a goal concession. The repetition this time left no doubts. The ball clearly bounced out of Kepa's goal.