Since VAR has been operating in football, you can check almost any situation. This is to facilitate the work of judges who, assisted by an additional two or three VAR arbitrators, will have more grounds to make the right decision. It was similar in the hit of the queue, in which PSV Eindhoven faced Ajax Amsterdam. The meeting aroused a lot of emotions before the start, because it was a direct fight for the position of the leader of the table. With three points, Ajax moved up to 1st place. PSV is two points behind the leader.
Ajax Amsterdam scored illegally? VAR judges had to intervene
The PSV defender Olivier Boscagli was the closest to the situation. It was he who ran to take the ball from him and immediately after playing the player to his teammate, he indicated that he had crossed the sideline. However, the referee released the action, and Noussair Mazraoui finished this with a well-aimed shot from outside the penalty area.
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As soon as the ball entered the net, most of the players fled to the referee for the VAR to intervene. Danny Makkelie consulted his decision with the referees, but it changed nothing. After watching the replays, the referees decided that the goal had been scored in accordance with the rules.
See the controversial situation from the PSV – Ajax match (in the video from 9:20):
It is difficult to say whether the blockbuster Eredivisie made the right decision. The angle of incidence of the camera does not give a clear picture, from which you can see if the ball has completely crossed the line, or if the Blind kept it in the field. Years ago, he explained a similar situation. It turns out that the ball can be tangent with the line and at the same time in two other shots give the impression that it is crossing it.
The replays also do not show whether the judges had a better view of the situation. – This is a typical example of VAR getting more discussion than less. If the judge assesses the situation alone with an assistant, everyone understands that it is not visible. And now people think: VAR will look at it as an objective person. But he doesn’t have the picture either, Maarten Wijffels said on the AD Football podcast. The Dutch are wondering whether, especially for such situations, the appropriate technology should also be introduced on the sidelines.
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