VAR - It's Football But Not As You Know It

[halo se7en]

The game experience is now rooted. At early EPL games you kept hearing Speedesque comments of "if VAR was being used".

At the game you honestly can't truly celebrate a goal due to the uncertainty.

There was more talk about controversial VAR decisions at the WC than ref decisions at previous tournaments.

Goodbye blue sky...

I think people are being dramatic about the experience of celebrating a goal. Last season I celebrated as soon as it went in (with a quick glance to the linesman as I always have). If they pull up the goal because it shouldn’t have stood, then it shouldn’t have stood. I also don’t remember too many goals being disallowed at the WC, my recollection of the VAR was mostly in awarding penalties but correct me if I’m wrong.

And people kept using the word “controversial” every time VAR was used purely because it was used, even though a lot of decisions were 100% correct and not actually controversial.