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ITV's pundits - including Graeme Souness and Gary Neville - were left in disbelief after Japan's controversial winner against Spain was allowed to stand and suggested that something 'untoward' was happening.
In the final match of Group E, Japan took the lead against Spain when Ao Tanaka poked home from inside the six-yard box however replays showed that the ball appeared to go out of play in the build-up.
After a length consultation by VAR, the goal was allowed to stand which has drawn confused reactions and questions over the camera angles covering the incident.
Japan's Kaoru Mitoma was ruled by VAR to have kept the ball in play for their winner
Graeme Souness hinted that 'something untoward was going on' after the decision
Gary Neville agreed and said he's felt 'uncomfortable' with VAR since the opening day
Speaking after the match, Neville said: 'I don't believe in conspiracies, I just think that at this tournament they've not demonstrated it [well].
'From that first offside goal disallowed - Ecuador vs Qatar, game one - I've struggled with it and found it uncomfortable that we're not being given the correct angles. It doesn't feel right.
'We've got 100s of cameras in these stadiums where we can't miss anything and yet we've gone backwards in terms of demonstrating decisions. Someone in that VAR has seen something that is absolutely categoric that they should overturn it.'
In the opening match of the competition, Ecuador had a goal ruled out by VAR against the host nation for offside - which left fans, pundits and players in disbelief.
Enner Valencia thought he'd opened the scoring for Ecuador against Qatar on the opening day
But VAR overturned the decision due to offside - leaving fans, pundits and players in disbelief
The decision in the Japan and Spain encounter appeared even more controversial, with the majority of camera angles showing the ball out of play.
Neville's punditry partner, Souness, said: 'There's 80 million Germans going mad right now, waiting for a picture that shows that the ball didn't
