Have you ever seen a player move the referees markings?It’s such a rare occurrence that it couldn’t possibly be specifically legislated for.
The only possible reason VAR could justify getting involved would be if they thought it came under the umbrella of:
*attacking team offence in the build-up to or scoring of the goal (handball, foul, offside etc.)•
It’s a push to interpret placing the ball as the ‘build up’ though.
One thing is for certain. If VAR had got involved, there would be a thousand clips of other free kicks all over social media this morning, where the player moved the ball slightly and the goal stood.
Surely that's would be a fairly simple case of unsporting behaviour, and so be cautionable?
Why wouldn't it be covered by 'shows a lack of respect for the game', ;attempts to deceive the referee', or 'makes unauthorised marks on the field of play"?