Football has a long history of heartbreaking moments. But few are quite as modern, or as maddening, as watching a goal celebration die in slow motion on a video replay screen.
That is exactly what happened to Colombia when Davinson Sanchez put the ball in the net against Portugal, only for VAR to rule it out for offside. The margin, according to reports circulating on social media, came down to something in the neighborhood of a toenail.
What happened
Sanchez, Colombia’s experienced central defender, managed to get on the end of what appeared to be a late winning opportunity against Portugal in a match played between June 24 and 27, 2026.
The technology determined that Sanchez was offside by what observers described as an impossibly tight margin. The phrase making the rounds: a “toe too far.”
