It seems to me like one of those decisions where 50% of VAR teams would give the penalty and 50% would overturn it. How do you fairly judge a situation like that?
It seems to me like one of those decisions where 50% of VAR teams would give the penalty and 50% would overturn it. How do you fairly judge a situation like that?
Wolves fan, obviously biased but I can see why the ref blew up initially but VAR should have the power to look and immediately say no ref, play on. I watch and play rugby and the TMO has a delayed feed aswell as a live one, they can refer a ref back or correct any decisions quite sharpish and if VAR had that then this would have been resolved before. It is clear and obvious when reviewed, the change I would make is “clear and obvious” shouldn’t apply to penalties or foul decisions and it should be “has there been foul play” for this situation. Therefore the ref has to look and it’s not up to the VAR official. Here’s a simple format for decisions:
Offside=has there been a clear and obvious mistake?
Handballs=is there a clear and obvious handball contact?
Fouls=has there been foul play, ref reviews in person
Penalties=has there been foul play, ref reviews in person