Only use VAR when error blatant – Referee chiefs

When VAR was added to the laws of the game in 2018 by football's rulemakers Ifab, its "philosophy" was "minimum interference - maximum benefit", with the intention of reducing "unfairness caused by clear and obvious errors or serious missed incidents" relating to goals, penalties, direct red cards and mistaken identity.

Officials acknowledged recent clarification from IFAB around the correct interpretation of the "mistaken identity" rule introduced before this summer's World Cup, which says that if a player is booked or sent off but the foul was committed by the opposition team, the decision can be changed.when a referee decision is blatantly incorrect or when the referee has missed a clear incident," Uefa said in a statement.