VAR

[ChicagoLion]

There you have it, the penalty for the US, all VAR had to establish was contact and the penalty was awarded.

[SoccerHQ]

Was a clear foul, should've been spotted straight away.

[ChicagoLion]

This is the point, if you say any contact in the penalty area is a clear foul then you have changed the game.

[cdbearsfan]

It was a penalty. Defenders are going to have to adapt.

[ChicagoLion]

This is where I have a problem.
When players go for the ball and neither has control is this a penalty? ( previous applications of the law were different)
Can we be sure that Morgan did nothing to initiate contact?

Did Morgan make the most of the contact? Again, before if she does not throw herself to the floor nothing would have been given.
I don’t see this and similar incidents once you bring in slow motion analysis as clear.
They have now changed the response to  both handball and contact in the penalty area.
These are massive changes and we have not even began to deal with player and match official behavior.
I am actually in favour in using technology to improve accuracy but I do not think they are not even close to understanding how to do this without fucking up the game.

[SoccerHQ]

I just saw it as high foot and dangerous play and she dosen't make any contact with the ball.

In the old days I'm pretty sure indirect free kicks used to get awarded for high foots or obstructions in penalty area but that changed a while ago.

[Brend'Watkins]

This is the point, if you say any contact in the penalty area is a clear foul then you have changed the game.

It’s a foul anywhere else on the pitch so it’s also a foul in the box. There is no argument. A reckless attempt at winning the ball, she should have known better.

[themossman]

Yeah don’t have a problem with that one, daft challenge.

[dave shelley]

I just saw it as high foot and dangerous play and she dosen't make any contact with the ball.

In the old days I'm pretty sure indirect free kicks used to get awarded for high foots or obstructions in penalty area but that changed a while ago.

Correct.

[AsTallAsLions]

This is the point, if you say any contact in the penalty area is a clear foul then you have changed the game.

It’s a foul anywhere else on the pitch so it’s also a foul in the box. There is no argument. A reckless attempt at winning the ball, she should have known better.

Agreed. A foul is a foul and a pen is a pen. People really are overthinking this stuff.

[Ad@m]

Good to see Mike Riley saying that VAR won't be used in the same way as in the Women's World Cup and that some of the decisions made would've been different in the Prem.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48903289

I'm not sure how that'll land with FIFA/UEFA given he's essentially saying we'll apply the laws differently in the UK but I think his interpretation of how VAR should be used is more sensible than how it seems to have been used in the WWC.

[KRS]

Thanks for posting that link. That article gives me hope and reassurance that common sense will rule when it comes to VAR and it won’t ruin the game.

[Baldy]

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49057675

Why is it different for Man Utd and Liverpool??? Are they trying to gain an advantage already. Crafty feckers.

[frank black]

Can somebody explain the use of VAR in the Bournemouth game in respect to:

Offside, there were a couple of attacks when the ref stopped the game due to off side when we were through their defense. I thought they were supposed to play on just in case a goal is scored before double checking VAR.

Also their penalty call, which looked pretty much definitely a pen to me. Why wasn’t VAR used? It was for our penalty shout.

I just don’t get the inconsistency of it all. Which makes me wonder what the point of this technology is, if they pick and choose when to use it.

[Ger Regan]

I'm sure any goal scoring opportunity or penalty shout can be reviewed if either the ref or the VAR officials feel that it should be. Their penalty was obvious, so unless the VAR team had spotted something in the build up that required a second look, then there was no need to review it. With offsides, it wouldn't be practical to just let play go on regardless of how obvious an offside was, there will have to be an element of discretion on that.