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There was a conversation about his equalising goal as to whether or not it hit a TV cable that was mounted at the top of the stadium.Now, FIFA have released footage of the sneakometer and it said that it did not in fact make any contact with that wire.Archie, the Norwegians were clearly furious about that.I was wondering what those around you were saying.

I'm just going to have to send it back to you because there's some inappropriate language, Dan.

All right.OK.Thank you very much.I didn't know Stevie was in Norway, but there we go.

You have to take FIFA's word for it.Well, I'm sorry, but we saw the ball and we saw that there was a move on the way down to the ball.So they say they didn't touch.I want to believe them.So what touched the ball?Because the ball changed direction.

The game is finished and the game was never going to be because These complaints were several minutes after, well certainly, that we were made aware of, the Norwegian bench reacted to it.But the general complaints that went to FIFA seemed quite a long time after it, so they're never going to say anything else.And I'm not going to shove any allegations towards anybody, but one thing I will say, in this competition, is nobody, nobody can trust FIFA.Nobody.I'm not accusing them of anything, but I'm saying there's a lot of distrust, particularly after the red card balligan shambles.that nobody, and this is what happens, when you rule tournaments and you're an organization that basically does what it wants, when it wants, then it leaves you open to all these conspiracies when there is a controversial incident that FIFA will just brush it under the carpet.

And I don't know if it did or not, but they have brought this conspiracy on themselves by the way they have acted, and that's the problem.

Yeah, but what would be the reasonthe FIFA to not, or to the referee to say, okay, that touched...

Because the game had already gone on by several minutes or maybe more and you would have had to have gone back if this was the case and chopped a goal off that happened quite some time ago, which would have been a really bad look.So anyway, listen, I'm sure, particularly in Norway, they're going to be talking about this a lot.Maybe as we go down the line, there'll be some different angles and whatnot.Maybe we will discuss.What I do know is that anything FIFA says, unfortunately, as a broad message around the globe, there's a lot of people that will just say, we do not trust this organisation to tell us, the media or the viewer or the public, the truth.

I think we can chat to Archie now.Archie, what are they saying about that incident?

We're talking about the goal, which England scored where it hit the wire, apparently, allegedly, correct?

Correct.

Yeah.So I've seen that I've seen that that didn't apparently trigger a sensor in the ball.This is what the FIFA line is on it that I've seen so far.They were trying to show it on Norwegian telly here, but I don't think the whole message got across I think the the main line of Norwegian frustration from today is actually not at the referee It's more Alexander saw a lot because at one nil he has that chance where he goes through on goal It's it's two against one with Erling Haaland as well, and he doesn't manage to play the ball across he cuts inside and by that point the chance is gone and if Norway double their lead in a similar way that if Congo had doubled their lead against England who knows what might have happened.Sure they brought on Antonio Nusa for a bit more excitement that got the crowd going here but to no avail ultimately Oscar Bob with that late opening as well but I think from Norway's point of view it's just so disappointing that they had England on the ropes even that chance where Julian Rioson crosses the ball inwhere I'm thinking...

If England have done their research, they need to know that Julian Rioson is an excellent crosser of the ball.And you cannot allow those kind of opportunities to get into Erling Haaland.And that was probably Erling Haaland's best chance of the game.But he heads it straight at Jordan Pickford.And after that, I can't really remember too many occasions.The crowd here, I was told they would be happy to celebrate Norway if they lost.

But I think that the circumstances of this, plus the fact that it rained on them for a good two hours, it's just gone past two in the morning here.I think that's all dampened the spirits a little bit.you