Fifa World Cup: last-gasp Iago Aspas sees Spain draw 2-2 with Morocco to progress as group toppers
Forward’s equaliser, initially disallowed but awarded after intervention from the Video Assistant Referee, sees Spain stumble into the last-16 as group winners
Iago Aspas scored a VAR-assisted equaliser in injury time as Spain scrambled a 2-2 draw with Morocco on Monday in a dramatic finale to their group B campaign.
Spain survived a real scare from a spirited Morocco side who had been leading 2-1 when the 90th minute began.
Aspas’ clever flick from a corner was initially adjudged by the assistant referee to have been offside.
But after intervention from VAR it was given as a goal, much to the consternation of the Moroccan players and substitutes, some of whom stormed the pitch in protest.
Morocco coach Herve Renard said before the game his team, the first to be eliminated this tournament, had been victim to “total injustice” in their opening 1-0 losses.