The Fury said:
Has VAR overturned a card yet? It's helped given them out (as per saints game) but until it overturns a ref decision to not give a card, then it will never be used fully. If it's going to be used to overturn goals then it also needs to be used on EVERY penalty decision as well but it never will be because that slows down the game. Thre was a yellow for card in a game I watched a little bit ago, didn't look like a dive to me, more of a falling over but the player got a yellow for it. VAR would look back and may say "Nah he just tripped, no foul but no dive." But don't think that would happen as the card has been given. A goal can change the game and will be overturned. A red card can change it more but won't be. |
That's because VAR rules are not only different in each league and tournament so have different powers of reach but it's not used in every game plus people are still hesitant of this idea of a third party entity outside the match potentially influencing the game it's not like Rugby where it is present in every game with a universal set of rules and people are used to the possibility of play being checked and even then the TMO still gets some decisions wrong but it's accepted the referees word is final.
The football implementation of it only leads to inconsistencies.
