ZeroTheHero
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That IS ridiculous. They ought to be able to look at all aspects of the situation. In cricket if a decision is sent to the third umpire, they will look at the bowler's front foot, where the ball pitches, if the ball hits the bat or not and (for LBWs) if the ball would have gone on hit the stumps. In other words the whole incident. In football, VAR (if we MUST have it!) should be able to say 'not only is that not a penalty, it is not a penalty because it was a fair challenge' in this situation. Or they could just scrap it.An interesting case in a game in Germany yesterday.
Attacker gets (fairly) tackled right on the edge of the box by the defender.
Ref gives a penalty.
VAR in the ref's ear.
But...all VAR can do in this situation is say that the penalty decision is wrong.
The decision is then "free kick", but VAR CAN'T say that the free kick wasn't a foul, as it's not in the remit.
So a free kick is given and yellow is shown for a fair tackle, despite the situation being clarified on TV.
Bonkers!