I am at a loss. We have always suffered from rubbish refereeing but under Old Mother Riley and his VAR it has got worse. Incompetent referees on the field and another set of incompetent referees in the VAR room. Time OMR went. Don’t blame VAR blame the people behind it.
Yes it does, the very first line on the VAR protocol for penalty kicks is that it checks for goalkeeper movement.
That is encroachment? And why doesn't VAR check it. Does it say in the rules that the keeper can be that far off the line? Clearly not.
No, they don't.
They said at the beginning of the season they'd review that during the season though and the premier league site now says that VAR can intervene for goalkeeper movement on penalty kicks?
The rules state the keeper has to have a foot on the goal line.Outfield player encroachment not keeper.
It does, I agree.
I don't know why it is different, but it looks like it shows the official VAR protocol before the FIFA directive.
I took it to mean they wouldn't be overly pedantic about it but clear and obvious would still be checked
The VAR can intervene in one of the following instances:
- A clear and obvious error by the on-field match officials relating to goalkeeper movement
- A double touch by the penalty-taker
- Feigning at the point of the kick by the taker
- Encroachment by players that has a direct impact on the outcome of the kick
VAR doesn’t check for the keeper’s position on penalties. Give it up.The rules state the keeper has to have a foot on the goal line.
VAR doesn’t check for the keeper’s position on penalties. Give it up.
VAR doesn’t check for the keeper’s position on penalties. Give it up.
You are wrong. It clearly states on the PL page that VAR will check for goalkeeper movements during a penalty. You give it up.VAR doesn’t check for the keeper’s position on penalties. Give it up.