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Yes, they can, which is why I suggested it was a policy decision.
There have been so many incidents, they can't have missed them all. They must be choosing not to consider them.
Where it's a judgement call, eg deliberate handball, if the VAR thinks that the ref could have missed something, they alert him and he reviews the video pitch side before giving a final decision.
Only when the on-field officials have made a “clear and obvious” error in one of four key areas: goals, straight red card, penalties and mistaken identity. Football’s lawmakers have restricted its introduction to those match-changing incidents in order to limit disruption to the flow of the game. That could change in the future if stakeholders demand it.
But I still want him.
That is how VAR should be. Nevertheless all that grappling needs to stop. However, it probably won't until an England defender is judged to have tackled an opposition striker in the box with the score tied in the 98th minute.
Maybe then, the ref on the pitch will be a little more mentally free to keep the players in check discipline wise (pushing shoving various aggro)...
All in all, it was good game to watch for the neutral, I worked for a Swiss company for thirteen years so I have to admit that I was routing for them.
The VAR officials can (and do) make some of those decisions you mentioned.
Offside/not offside, and mistaken identity are, afaIk, simply accepted by the ref.
I think that in matters of judgement, like penalty or red card, it is important to leave that in the hands of the on field ref.
Infantino went on record as saying VAR was there to ensure more decisions were made correctly and thus reducing errors in matches. Surely Serbia should have had a penalty last night which the Ref decided was a foul the other way!
I'm not disagreeing. I'm simply suggesting that VAR not bringing 'grappling' to the ref's attention is a policy decision, not that it is the right one.
My point about the penalty being the ref's decision referred to VAR alerting the ref, but the ref getting the final say, rather than being told by VAR 'give that as a pen'.
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Yes it appears to be one of the main areas that they don't deem necessary to bring to the Ref's attention as there have been a lot of cases that have gone unpunished.
Fair enough.
As I said, for me, questions of judgement should be down to the on-field ref.
On the other hand - how happy will Lanzini be about his "get out of jail free" card. The Argies are awful and should go out at the first hurdle.
It’s the VAR = video assistant referee,
Change the name to
sitnsu=Stop it does not suit us
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Mexico 2nil up