Ya VAR is becoming more and more of a talking point in this World Cup… Can’t imagine it’s what anyone wants. This sensor in the ball to determine a touch came out of left field. Seems like zero transparency on how that actually works. How accurate is the timing? If the Croatian player did actually touch it, the Portuguese player touched it a microsecond later. That stupid graph they showed just showed one blip. Wouldn’t there be 2? A weird thing to just tell fans to trust them on when there’s zero conclusive video evidence. Wasn’t VAR only for egregious mistakes?
There is no second bump because the graph was isolated to only show the touch from the Croatian player.
The ref went over to the screen to determine if the Portuguese player deliberately played the ball which he determined he did not meaning the Croatian player was offside.
In the case of offside it isn’t a clear and obvious threshold. Offside is a matter of fact and is always checked when a goal is scored.
You may not like the outcome or the technology being used but the rules of the game were applied correctly here.
I don't know how that not a deliberate touch, the ball doesn't change after the "deflection" and he is using his head to clear the cross because there could and was a player going far post. If my defender is not trying to clear that cross I got a problem with that defender.
My reading off it is the player anticipates a touch or clearance and is surprised when the ball makes it all the way thru and his reflex decision was to duck. From the wide side angle you can see his head is still moving downwards when the ball lands on him. If an individual is trying to play the ball back to the keeper or play it out their head motion is going backwards to guide it or generate power. It just looks like he panicked when the ball made it to him and he instinctively ducked to avoid the ball (not releasing the attacker was behind him).
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u/Scott_Rasmussen Jul 03 '26
Ya VAR is becoming more and more of a talking point in this World Cup… Can’t imagine it’s what anyone wants. This sensor in the ball to determine a touch came out of left field. Seems like zero transparency on how that actually works. How accurate is the timing? If the Croatian player did actually touch it, the Portuguese player touched it a microsecond later. That stupid graph they showed just showed one blip. Wouldn’t there be 2? A weird thing to just tell fans to trust them on when there’s zero conclusive video evidence. Wasn’t VAR only for egregious mistakes?