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10 Oct

Interesting application of offside in the #UEFANationsFinal for Kylian Mbappe's winner.

It's a decision which is correct in law to allow the goal, but one which many will feel should be disallowed in the spirit of the game.

Mbappe is clearly offside when the pass is played.

Remember that being in an offside position is not an offside offence.

The point when the ball is touched by the passer purely sets each player's position relative to each other for offside.

It's what happens after this which decides if there is any offence.

This is the clause which is key to the onside decision in the Kylian Mbappe goal.

"A player in an offside position receiving the ball from an opponent who deliberately plays the ball, including by deliberate handball, is not considered to have gained an advantage."

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Dale Johnson

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4 Oct

Welcome to another Monday VAR thread. Some protocol bits to explain around some decisions. Fill yourself with rage.

Including:
- Timo Werner disallowed goal / Ward-Prowse red
- Penalty to Leeds?
- Watford "goal"
- Tim Krul on Matej Vydra
- Liverpool v Man City incidents

Starting with Timo Werner's disallowed goal against Southampton.

This all comes down to VAR protocol and what constitutes the Attacking Phase, and is something which I particularly dislike about the process.

To begin with, Attacking Phase isn't reset by a failed clearance.

We get one of these in the Premier League every now and again but as VAR in the PL usually doesn't go back too far in the Attacking Phase, it's rare.

In other leagues fouls some way back in the Attacking Phase are penalised far more regularly.

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Dale Johnson

@DaleJohnsonESPN

20 Sep

Strap yourselves in. It's time. The Monday VAR thread, this week featuring:

- Overturned penalties!
- Penalties! Penalties! Penalties!
- Ivan Toney disallowed goal / handball
- Offside decisions

It's just like old times.....

Let's preface this by saying that VAR had actually been pretty decent this season.

But this weekend saw the good, bad, ugly, contentious and ridiculous.

Remember, I try to explain VAR process, how/why a decision might/might not be made and discuss its merits.

Let's start with the simple one, Burnley's cancelled penalty vs. Arsenal.

UEFA referees' chief Roberto Rosetti said before Euro 2020 that a key trigger for a penalty review is if a player gets a touch on the ball.

That doesn't rule out a penalty, but is a key consideration.

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Dale Johnson

@DaleJohnsonESPN

13 Sep

Not too much to discuss in this week's Monday VAR thread, well until yesterday...

- Harvey Elliot challenge, Patrick Struijk red card
- Liverpool's second goal at Leeds
- Arsenal's winner at Norwich
- Crystal Palace penalty vs. Spurs

Let's start at Elland Road by covering the process behind the red card for Patrick Struijk.

Craig Pawson didn't actually give a free-kick for the challenge when it happened, so the red card came afterwards.

Many ask how he can give a red if he hasn't given a foul.

Once play was stopped for Harvey Elliot to get treatment, referee Pawson spoke to his on-field team, including Andy Madley who was 4th official and was close to the incident.

It was Pawson's decision, in conjunction with his officiating team, to show the red card.

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Dale Johnson

@DaleJohnsonESPN

7 Sep

There's a lot of misinformation out there about the 3pm Saturday TV blackout, so a detailed thread on:

- Why it exists
- Why other top leagues don't use the blackout
- What about illegal streaming / ifollow?
- Is it past its sell-by in modern football?

Article 48 of the UEFA Statutes allows any association to decide on 2.5 hours on a Saturday or Sunday, during which any transmission of football may be prohibited within the territory.

England (and Scotland) applies this as 2.45pm to 5.15pm on a Saturday.

This isn't done in England (and Scotland) to protect the attendances at top-flight matches, but throughout the football pyramid.

England has the deepest pyramid, in terms of attendances, and no other league has such a traditional and sacrosanct time for football for ALL games.

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Dale Johnson

@DaleJohnsonESPN

30 Aug

It's your (Bank Holiday) Monday VAR thread, lots to cover today, including:

- Reece James red card / penalty
- Man United's winner / Man City's second
- Xhaka red
- Penalty to Norwich / Southampton
- Disallowed Norwich / Brentford goals

Let's start with the Reece James red card for handball on the goal-line.

For all the controversy this has caused, there's no other decision than a penalty and a red card.

James clearly moves his hand into the path of the ball and prevents a goal.

Law 12 is very clear on this.

"Where a player denies the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by a handball offence, the player is sent off wherever the offence occurs."

A goal was denied. James couldn't be booked. He has to be sent off.

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