VAR thread

[Red_Polo]

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[Kenneth]

Still not sure why the Barca penalty was overturned by VAR. Even the VAR replay seems to show contact with the right leg first.

[RedAndWhite]

I like VAR

[Kenneth]

A few good uses tonight, all ending up with the right answers. Ours took longer than necessary though.

[Buzzo]

VAR hitting the town tonight.

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[baitman]

LiVARpool

[Fosterbloke]

Still not sure why the Barca penalty was overturned by VAR. Even the VAR replay seems to show contact with the right leg first.

The Fred tackle? I saw Fred get the ball first then the Barca player falling over his leg.

[calvoboy]

Fifa and Uefa have got VAR right. Mike Riley has got it wrong. We should just implement exactly the same system as we've seen tonight and in the World Cup - ref has final say, everyone knows what's going on.

[Leyton388]

Poor City. So near yet so VAR away.

[Kenneth]

The Fred tackle? I saw Fred get the ball first then the Barca player falling over his leg.

To me the replay showed Fred making contact with the right calf, then playing the ball, then the striker falling over Fred with his left leg. First contact looked like a foul to me.

From 56 seconds..

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[Exiled_red]

I know I have a downer on VAR but having watched the game tonight there are a couple of things that occured to me that are VAR related issues, and again they relate to things not really being thought through or inconsistencies in where it can and can't be applied.

The first thing that occured to me was the Fabinho booking for me that is a perfectly good challenge and the referee wrongly books him, that is about 10-15 mins into the game which potentially has a huge impact on the way that he plays, if he makes another slip up he could find himself getting a 2nd yellow card, this would have a huge impact on the game, but yellow card offences aren't reviewable by VAR so nothing could be done if this were to happen.

The second one is the handball from Vidal, just before half time, it's a clear handball on the edge of the box that the referee missed, again this isn't reviewable because it was outside the area, if it were a couple of yards further back it would have been reviewable as a penalty.

Now as I've mentioned before I'm not a big fan of the interference of VAR, but these types of incident in my opinion are potentially going to have a greater impact on games than whether a player is an inch offside. VAR seems to be being suggested as a magic solution to refereeing the game, but the more I learn about where it can and can't be applied the more I am convinced that it is going to be a farce.

[baitman]

Funny how refs can conveniently ignore var when it suits them

[BobTheCharmer]

Absolute farce tonight in Portugal game. Swiss claim a pen, goes down other end and Portugal then get a legitimate claim themselves. Eventually Swiss get theirs awarded. In a fast paced game I don't think it works.

[Fosterbloke]

Absolute farce tonight in Portugal game. Swiss claim a pen, goes down other end and Portugal then get a legitimate claim themselves. Eventually Swiss get theirs awarded. In a fast paced game I don't think it works.

Why? Makes sense as effectively the next phase of play wouldn't have happened if the penalty was given in the first place.