England came up against Argentina in the last 16 of the 1998 World Cup in what would go on to be one of the most eventful England games ever. After David Beckham was sent off for his petulant kick on Diego Simeone, the game was tied at 2-2.
Then things started looking up when Sol Campbell towered above the Argentine defence and headed home for what he and the rest of England thought would be the winner.
But the referee saw things differently and decided to disallow the goal due to Alan Shearer elbowing the goalkeeper.
To add insult to injury, Argentina restarted the game immediately with half of the team still celebrating at the corner flag and launched a counter-attack against the five England players left on the pitch.
Darron Anderton ran 70 yards from the Argentine penalty box to make a decisive tackle once the ball was played through to a young Hernán Crespo, who was bearing down on goal. Even this wasn’t enough, though, as Argentina went on to win 4-3 in penalties.
Surely after reviewing VAR, the referee would have ruled there was no infringement and England would have progressed to the quarter-finals.
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