Neither Spain nor Portugal were very impressive on Monday night, but both are through after dumping Morocco and Iran out of Group B.VAR took centre-stage in both games, with Cristiano Ronaldo winning a penalty, missing it, and staying on the pitch after making contact with an opponent's face.Late on, Iran were then awarded a very dubious penalty. Karim Ansarifard slotting the ball coolly into the back of the net meant that Portugal will now have to face Uruguay in the last-16.The draw has been kinder to group-toppers Spain, who will meet Russia.Nevertheless, La Roja had to come from behind twice to secure a 2-2 draw.Iago Aspas' 91st-minute equaliser came from a lovely backheel, yet it was initially thought to be offside.The video assistant referees overturned that decision, much to Morocco's disgust despite the fact they were already out of the tournament.The controversy did not end there, either.

What fans have noticed 

Eagle-eyed fans have spotted that while the goal came from a corner, the 2010 champions actually took it from the wrong side:

As you can see, the referee had signalled to the left, but they took the corner from the right-hand side.

The rules state that if the ball goes out for a corner, it should then be placed "inside the corner arc nearest to the point where the ball crossed the goal line". 

Ironically, Morocco's fury was directed at the officials for deeming the former Liverpool man onside - but that was absolutely right.

Morocco's manager noticed it 

To his credit, manager Hervé Renard defended referee Ravshan Irmatov after the final whistle.

"It is difficult to be a referee," he told reporters.

"I said what I wanted to say after the previous match and now I think we have to get focused and concentrate on what is the most important thing: the result."

However, Renard admitted he did have a problem with some of the more contentious decisions against his side, including the corner being taken from the other side.

"We were a bit upset that Pique was not booked when he used both feet but maybe this is not the most important aspect.

"The only question I'd like to raise is on the second equalising goal, we expect a corner on one side and it's played on the other side.

I can't say if this is allowed. If it is not allowed then there is a major mistake.

"If it is allowed, we checked [the offside call] with VAR so we won't challenge, but are we allowed to use a corner to take it on one side when the ball went out on the other?

"I checked with the referees but their door was closed."

If VAR was brought in to end the controversy in football, it's not doing a very good job so far.

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