Isak denied goal by ‘worst offside decision ever seen’ after VAR blunder as fans ‘can’t work out how it was ruled out’

ALEXANDER ISAK was bizarrely denied a extremity for Sweden aft a shocking mistake from VAR.

The Newcastle ace was successful enactment for his federation against Azerbaijan during a 6-0 mauling successful the Uefa Nations League.

Tottenham prima Dejan Kulusevski had opened the scoring aft 10 minutes earlier Sporting Lisbon guardant Viktor Gyokeres netted a brace earlier the interruption to marque it 3-0.

The ex-Coventry subordinate soon turned supplier arsenic helium picked up the shot successful wounded clip and slipped a walk to Isak, who carried the shot down the near helping earlier cutting wrong to sprout into the bottommost near corner.

However, contempt nary archetypal proposition of offside, VAR bizarrely ruled retired the goal.

The judgement was intelligibly incorrect erstwhile viewing a replay arsenic Isak, 25, was good onside erstwhile Gyokeres played him the ball.

But it turned retired that VAR had drawn the lines to Isak astatine the incorrect time.

Instead, VAR had strangely drawn the lines from Isak erstwhile Gyokeres, 26, had primitively picked up the determination wrong his OWN HALF.

The determination near fans and adjacent reporters confused, with Siavoush Fallahi penning connected societal media: "I’m crying they gave an offside connected Isak erstwhile the shot went to Gyokeres successful the middle."

A instrumentality said: "Possibly the worst offside determination I've ever seen I inactive can't enactment retired however Isak's extremity has been ruled out."

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A 2nd added: "They drew the enactment connected Isak for the walk to Gyokeres."

Another said: "We request a VAR cheque for VAR."

Sweden went connected to triumph the lucifer 6-0, with Gyokeres scoring 2 much and Kulusevski bagging different portion Isak besides missed a punishment soon aft half-time.

Speaking aft the game, Isak revealed helium and his team-mates had been engaged successful an statement with the VAR officials implicit the determination successful the subordinate passageway astatine half-time.

According to the Sweden Herald, helium said: "How is that possible? Seriously. It's astir the worst I've seen.

"I'm happy, of course, that we win, but I people a extremity that should beryllium allowed, past it's wide that you get annoyed.

"I don't deliberation I've ever experienced thing similar this astatine this level erstwhile I've been involved.

"You've seen a batch of mistakes, but this 1 was beauteous rough. The VAR referees stood successful the subordinate passageway astatine halftime.

"We argued with them, but they stuck to their determination that they had made the close call."

National squad manager Jon Dahl Tomasson was conscionable arsenic angry, adding: "I was furious, the full squad was furious. I don't recognize it. For me, it was a goal, but we can't alteration it."

The crippled ensured Sweden won their Nations League C Group 1 with 5 wins and 1 draw, portion Azerbaijan finished bottommost of the radical without a win.

Sweden are the lone federation wrong the apical 30 ranked leagues successful Europe who bash not usage VAR.

Having been written into IFAB rules successful 2018, the Allsvenskan remains an objection by refusing to instrumentality it.

Ola Thews, vice-chairman of Swedish elephantine AIK’s largest protagonist organization, ASK, said of VAR successful August: "VAR is simply a awesome of modern, commercialised-to-the-point-of-destruction football."

Thews besides believes VAR "ruins the euphoria" of scoring a goal.

In England, Premier League chiefs fearfulness they person to spell without semi-automated offside exertion until adjacent season.

Howard Webb had claimed past period that adjunct VAR errors were down 80 per cent earlier Michael Oliver had a high-profile blunder during Manchester United's clash astatine West Ham.

On-field referee David Coote had primitively waved play connected earlier being called backmost with Matthijs de Ligt accused of fouling Danny Ings pursuing a coming unneurotic successful the punishment area.

The determination to past grant a punishment with the off-field proposal was maligned astatine the clip earlier Webb admitted it was "on balance, astir apt not a penalty".