The limitations of the use of VAR did throw up a frustrating sirltuation in the England v Belgium game on Saturday.
There was a possible/likely foul on an England player just outside the box in what would have been a good goal scoring position. The referee waved play-on and Belgium counter attacked, their eventual attempt on goal going wide for an England goal kick.
Had that shot gone in then VAR would have reviewed their goal and if the resulting review determined that there was a foul in the build up, the goal would have been disallowed and the game restarted with a free kick to England on the edge of the Belgium penalty area.
That feels wrong in my opinion. Free kicks around the box should be included but where do you draw the line? We surely canât have every tackle being reviewed.
There was a possible/likely foul on an England player just outside the box in what would have been a good goal scoring position. The referee waved play-on and Belgium counter attacked, their eventual attempt on goal going wide for an England goal kick.
Had that shot gone in then VAR would have reviewed their goal and if the resulting review determined that there was a foul in the build up, the goal would have been disallowed and the game restarted with a free kick to England on the edge of the Belgium penalty area.
That feels wrong in my opinion. Free kicks around the box should be included but where do you draw the line? We surely canât have every tackle being reviewed.