FIFA World Cup: VARiables, politics, and Africa
The “inconsistent” VAR technology (CREDIT: FIFA World Cup X Page) FIFA’s own protocol technically allows review of any foul in the buildup to a goal, however delayed, but “technically allowed” and “in the spirit of the Laws” are not the same thing.
In the 124th minute, the latest goal in World Cup history, Youri Tielemans converted a penalty awarded after a seven-minute VAR review of a challenge many neutral analysts, including many former officials and football players, argued Tielemans himself had engineered by stepping into Lamine Camara.
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