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12 Jan, 5 tweets, 1 min read
Tunisia v Mali

- VAR review for a penalty, given (pen missed)
- Ref blows for full-time on 85 minutes
- Play does restart
- Player sent off
- VAR tells the ref it's not a red
- Ref rejects the red review (it was never a red card)
- Ref blows for full time on 89.40

Chaos!
HANG ON A MINUTE.

Half an hour later... and CAF is going to restart Tunisia v Mali!

OH NO IT ISN'T

(Yep, this really is a pantomime)

OH YES IT IS!

The players are back on, Tunisia v Mali will resume!
OH NO IT ISN'T

Tunisia have refused to come back out onto the pitch and Mali celebrate their 1-0 win for a second time.

You couldn't make this up.

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10 Jan
Villa goal was disallowed cos Jacob Ramsey was offside when the cross came in, and then challenged an opponent (Edinson Cavani).

Play restarted with an indirect free-kick for the offside offence.

If disallowed for impeding with contact, restart would have been a DFK. #MUNAVL
Not sure why it took the VAR, Darren England, so long to get to the decision.

It seems he wanted to find a factual offside offence, when the subjective offside offence was quicker and more straightforward.

Michael Oliver was excellent in explaining this to Tyrone Mings.
This is the section of the offside law that applies.

Edinson Cavani was tracking the runner who then created the goal. You do not have to think Cavani WILL win the ball, only that it impacts on his ability to challenge for it.
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10 Jan
No Monday VAR thread for the FA Cup (feel free to ask questions).

Instead, I thought I'd share a taste of the controversy from other leagues. Just to show that, contrary to belief, VAR isn't only problematic in the Premier League.

This all might sound pretty familiar...
Starting with Spain, and a couple of incidents from this weekend.

First, this Barcelona goal was disallowed for a marginal offside. Just like in the Premier League, offside is still given if the two lines do not touch (providing the "benefit of the doubt" to the attacker). Image
And Real Betis went public on social media angry at the standard of refereeing after their 2-2 draw at Rayo Vallecano.

Betis were especially furious with the red card shown to Alex Moreno in the 33rd minute.

Video of that here:

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3 Jan
It's your Monday VAR thread, and it's not really as controversial as the "noise" may have suggested.

Looking at:
- Penalty incidents in Arsenal v Man City
- Penalty incidents in Watford v Spurs
- Red card incidents in Chelsea v Liverpool
- Overturns
- Quick offside recap
Let's start by making one thing clear.

Saying "if the ref looks at one he has to look at both" or "if one's a penalty they both are" just doesn't make any sense.

People try to put different incidents into the same box. Usually, you can't. It's not about consistency.
On the Arsenal v Man City incidents, it's perfectly acceptable for anyone, individually, to think that one, both, or neither should be penalties.

But whether one, both, or neither are sent to the monitor, the process involved is unique to that incident, and its merits.
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20 Dec 21
So, after a false start, here's the Monday VAR thread, looking at:

- Why the high bar causes all the issues
- Differences in application
- Kane & Robertson
- Xhaka & Gelhardt
- Penalties for Liverpool, Newcastle
- Other decisions
PGMOL seems to have tied itself up in knots trying to be something it can never be: VAR at Euro 2020.

Fact is there was a higher frequency of VAR overturns at Euro 2020, compared to the Premier League.

But Euro 2020 seemed to have a light touch, and the PL wanted the same.
The Euros had an average of roughly 1 KMI (Key Match-changing Incident) a game. A light touch was possible, because there aren't that many contentious incidents.

But in domestic league football, the average is up around 3. It means the noise around VAR will always be louder.
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17 Dec 21
Are you ready for the UEFA-CONMEBOL Nations League?

All 10 South American nations are planned to join the UEFA Nations League when the competition renews in 2024.

All games would still be played in Europe.
It follows UEFA and CONMEBOL signing a renewed and extended Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and the potential organisation of football events, lasting until June 30, 2028.

We can safely file this as a clear tactic in opposition to FIFA and its biennial World Cup.
The top 6 ranked South American teams - so Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Peru and Chile - would join League A of the UEFA Nations League.

The other 4 - Paraguay, Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia - would be added to League B.
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16 Dec 21
Wondering when the next edition of the UEFA Nations League is?

- Draw is today at 5pm GMT
- England in pot 3 and face a very strong group
- Games played in June 2022 (x4), September 2022 (x2)
- UNL takes up the six international dates prior to the World Cup
- Finals in June 2023
England will be drawn against one team from each of these three pots to form their group.

POT 1
Belgium
France
Italy
Spain

POT 2
Portugal
Netherlands
Denmark
Germany

POT 4
Wales
Austria
Czech Republic
Hungary
Format for Euro 2024 qualifying will not be confirmed until June, including how teams might earn playoff spots via the Nations League.

It's likely UEFA will want playoff paths via this route, though the same method as 2020 cannot be used as Germany take an auto slot as hosts.
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