{"id":285270,"date":"2026-07-03T07:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/ronaldo-still-in-world-cup-as-technology-nobody-knew-about-benefits-portugal\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T07:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:50:14","slug":"ronaldo-still-in-world-cup-as-technology-nobody-knew-about-benefits-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/ronaldo-still-in-world-cup-as-technology-nobody-knew-about-benefits-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo still in World Cup as ‘technology nobody knew about’ benefits Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ronaldo still in World Cup as ‘technology nobody knew about’ benefits Portugal<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/ronaldo-portugal-world-cup-mysterious-technology<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-07-03 07:19:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.football365.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal remain in the World Cup thanks to use of a mysterious \u2018technology nobody knew about\u2019 against Croatia.<\/p>\n

It sounds like that should be a much bigger story really.<\/p>\n

Also, Mateus Fernandes is basically Gazza.<\/p>\n

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Lip service<\/strong><\/h2>\n

All the time in the world for this opening paragraph from Martin Lipton in The Sun<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u2018CRISTIANO RONALDO\u2019S World Cup dream lives on \u2013 even though he watched the dramatic crucial moment from the DUG-OUT.\u2019<\/p>\n

He f**king well did WHAT?! The sodding DUG-OUT? That is absolutely ABSURD.<\/p>\n

Also love the understandable yet inexplicable typo of \u2018Josip Gvardiol\u2019, Josko\u2019s brother and Pep Guardiola\u2019s non-trademark alter ego.<\/p>\n

Do not love Lipton calling a corner a \u2018flag-kick\u2019, and not just because of the hyphen.<\/p>\n

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In great snick<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Lipton foolishly did not catch \u2018The technology nobody knew was being used that kept Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s World Cup dream with Portugal alive<\/strong>\u2018.<\/p>\n

That is the The Sun website<\/strong>\u2018s headline about \u2013 again \u2013 the \u2018technology nobody knew about\u2019 which helped disallow Josip\/Josko Gvardiol\u2019s late goal for Croatia.<\/p>\n

Mediawatch must have missed this so thanks for filling us in.<\/p>\n

\u2018The \u2018snicko\u2019 graphic is similar to the tech used in cricket to confirm whether a ball has been edged by the batter or not.\u2019<\/p>\n

Wow. Who knew? Most people, obviously. It has already been used at this World Cup, quite memorably during Sweden\u2019s win over Tunisia. It was also used at the last World Cup in Qatar, preventing some Cristiano Ronaldo silliness<\/strong>. It\u2019s quite well-known at this stage.<\/p>\n

\u2018But viewers were baffled that it is used in football.\u2019<\/p>\n

Were they? Really? They do have evidence \u2013 obviously just tweets from faceless accounts with a handful of followers \u2013 so let\u2019s have it.<\/p>\n

\u2018One said: \u201cWait fr? That\u2019s actually insane. Fair enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Another wrote: \u201cFor people embarrassing themselves calling a conspiracy this video shows clearly a touch. Snicko graph spikes at exact moment that player…<\/p>\n

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