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Jude Bellingham continued to come up huge for England on Saturday as he scored both goals in a 2-1 victory over Norway.
The soccer-rich country, which has had more than its fair share of World Cup heartbreak, secured its fourth-ever trip to the semifinals and a date with defending champion Argentina.
As they have all tournament long, England took adversity in stride and overcame it.
After surrendering the first tally of the game in the 36th minute, Bellingham found the equalizer on a play ignited by Norways inability to possess a goal kick.
Replays seemed to suggest that possession was gained with an assist from a sky camera wire , which may have altered the flight path of the ball and caused it to drop straight down.
Unscientifically, thats sure what it looks like to the untrained eye.
The ball is going and going and then drops short of multiple different players who were gearing up to play it in the air.
Norway-England wire cam controversy Now, to their credit, Norway players did not want to make a big deal about this after the game.
Its not the reason they lost and its refreshing to hear a losing side say that.
It would be time to move onexcept for FIFAs statement shortly after the match insisting the ball did not hit the wire.
If youre skeptical about this, just know that the sensor in the Connected Ball showed no peak in the heartbeat of the ball.
Without that, of course, there is no evidence.
Now, to be clear, its fair to say were talking about a relatively small thing.
The goal kick was going to be a 50-50 battle for possession and there are hundreds of those throughout a match.
Norway could have thwarted the English advance and wed all be telling a different story this morning.
Yet its weird that this keeps happening.
Remember back in October 2025 when Minnesota Vikings kicker Will Reichard missed a 51-yard field goal attempt against the Cleveland Browns in a game being played at Tottenhams stadium? Everyone and their brother was sure his boot had veered off after making contact with a camera wire before the NFL mobilized to assure us that no such thing happened ? What percentage of people, to this day, remain unconvinced? This isnt even really about a conspiracy theory.
As stated, it wouldnt be that big of a deal if this latest close call did hit the wire.
There are those who will not accept a governing bodys explanation out of distrust and then even more who cannot unsee the ball moving in the videoeven if theres no tangible evidence its flight was altered.