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[–] spandextim@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Honest question. Why is it the VARs fault? His job is to alert the ref, and the ref then made the decision. The on-field referee should be getting blamed not the VAR. It’s the ref who makes the call.

[–] Tomm1998@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

How that information is shown to the ref is critical in the referee's decision making. Show them a frozen frame of a ball hitting someone in the hand and their decision is immediately altered because of that.

It's the same with red card situations. If you slow down the footage, freeze-frame it and show the worst possible angle that makes the challenge appear much worse than it actually is, then the referees decision can be altered significantly.

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