Turned into the Ronaldo show.
Hat trick for Christiano
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Well that was interesting.
Switzerland claim a penalty that was not immediately given, Portugal broke and earned a penalty within seconds that was given.
Referee and VAR determined that Swiss claim was valid and took the play back for a Swiss penalty thereby ruling out the penalty awarded to the Portuguese
Turned into the Ronaldo show.
Hat trick for Christiano
Switzerland are my second team but that VAR decision was a farce. Could not believe how Switzerland were awarded that pen as they appealed for handball initially from Pépé, but the ref adjudged the coming together between Semedo and Seferovic as a foul...
All for nothing in the end, Portugals second goal saw some great play between Névés, Bernardo and Ronaldo. But fair play to the Swiss, ignoring Xhaka's error for the killer 3rd goal they play clean disciplined football.
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This is pretty close to my feelings on VAR.
There was plenty of emotions last night around this decision. Swiss fans complaining their pen shout wasn't given, then horror as there's a stonewall pen at the other end which suddenly turns to elation as the pen is ruled out and the original one given and then scored.
How can you say that's taking emotions out of the game? There's a 5 minute rollercoaster of emotions that nicely encapsulates the experience of a football fan and shows why it is so popular compared to other sports that don't have these highs and lows
1. Nobody in the ground has any clue what's going on
2. You score, you go nuts. It's the best feeling in the world. VAR check, flat as a pancake. The goal is confirmed and you're like, oh right... great.
It is solely for TV. Also how far do you want to go back? Where do you stop? It's ruined rugby league and union too.
"You're not fit to V A R, you're not fit to V A R"...
surely if the Swiss penalty was given the Portuguese one should have stood as well - after all the player who infringed did so when the game was "in play"?
But it isn't once in a blue moon, is it? It's used all the time.
According to this article
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42781236
In the 804 matches there were 3,947 checks for possible reviewable incidents. That's basically 5 VAR decisions every game.