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First Take

Hour 1: Should England's "Wire of God" Goal Have Counted?

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.05.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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First Take begins with more controversy at the World Cup! England's 1st goal clearly hit a wire, and play should have been stopped! Should FIFA own their mistake? Then, Execs, coaches and scouts ranked Josh Allen ahead of Patrick Mahomes in Jeremy Fowler's newest Top 10 QBs list! Next, Jeff Passan tells us if the Dodgers have a chance to threepeat! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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Happy Monday. Welcome to First Take. I'm Courtney Cronin. We've got David Dennis Jr. Hercules Gomez here. Vince Goodwell. Kendrick Perkins will join us all for LeBron

0:38.4

watching ESPN's annual QB top 10 list is here. You don't want to miss that. But we start this morning

0:43.5

with the World Cup. The semifinals are set on Saturday. England outlasted Norway, two to one,

0:50.0

an extra time to advance to the semis. But controversy surrounding the result post-game is moments before Jude Bellingham,

0:57.0

even the score at one.

0:58.7

A Norway goal kick appeared to make contact with an aerial camera cable

1:02.8

before landing at the feet of England's Elliot Anderson.

1:06.3

A statement from FIFA read this.

1:08.2

Quote, before England's goal in minute 45 plus two against Norway,

1:12.8

the sensor in the connected ball showed no peak in the, quote, heartbeat of the ball when in the air,

1:19.3

and therefore no evidence that the ball touched the overhead wire and changed the movement of the ball.

1:24.5

End quote. So by rule, if the ball was seen hitting the wire, play would

1:28.5

have stopped and a drop ball would determine possession. So Herk, should VAR have reviewed the

1:33.5

wire incident in the buildup to Jude Bellingham's goal? Absolutely. You should review it. Listen,

1:37.9

if the ball hits the referee, you stop play and then you resume after. If the ball hits a pigeon

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