Originally Posted by
Elite_Pie
I'm a bit surprised that no-one has commented on here regarding the VAR penalty last night, so I'll go first. It was a decision that didn't matter as it was only a meaningless friendly, but it was an ideal example as to why we are nowhere near ready to let this so-called 'improvement' anywhere near the game of football yet. If that really was a 'clear and obvious' correction of a refereeing error, then Soccerman is a Momentum member. It was just about as 'grey area' as you can get. A player runs into a crowd of defenders, and whether he is cynically hacked down at the knees, feels a bit of contact, or feels no contact at all he is going to go down anyway. It's what is often described as clever play in other countries, but basically it's cheating. The video replay system works well in cricket as the pause between balls gives time to review, but even then any borderline decisions go to "umpire's call". FIFA still have an awful lot to learn.