• micnd90 [he/him,any]@hexbear.netOP
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      26 days ago

      They “VAR”'d it, but it was done within seconds (which was sketchy because usually it takes minutes for VAR operator to analyze the slow motion footage from various angles). On the broadcast, they didn’t play the slow motion footage or footage from alternate angle.The ref didn’t go to the VAR screen to personally inspect the incident.

      I suspect that there’s no VAR at all, some smaller and lower leagues stadium in England are not “VAR ready” so the first couple rounds of FA cup explicitly has no VAR. Some leagues with less resources like the Danish league also had no VAR. I honestly believe that the stadium for this match was simply not VAR-ready. We have not seen alternate angle and slow motion replay of the incident. People on Twitter are still arguing over low res zoomed in broadcast footage. I think they literally didn’t have the slow motion and alternate angle footage, rendering VAR moot. I bet under investigation they cannot provide evidence of comms amongst VAR officials.

      This is old-school Fergie style broad daylight 90+7’ injury time robbery, disguised by sketchy, nonexistent VAR.