I just don’t see how they could do it without it being either ridiculously obvious either in a title decider kind of game where VAR/ref decisions change the result dramatically or a meeting is held at New Year and they all decide who they are going to favour, which is preposterous.I'd argue that if there was malicious intent, someone would have broken ranks by now and there would be at the very least credible accusations to look at. The Mark Halsey incident a few years ago seemed briefly to be such an occurrence, but it went very quiet very quickly.
Yes I know, that was suspicious in itself
Was it an ‘in my opinion‘ moment as there’s been no conclusive evidence. If inconclusive, the onfield decison stands and the goal is disallowed.Well that looked out to me...............assume VAR said not
Drama sells, my friend.It can't be fixed as no Asian or Arab country has benefited from any of the main dodgy decisions in an Asian/Arab country.
Goes back to what several people involved in match fixing have said in the past: bent officials can only do so much; sometimes they aren't able to achieve the desired result.It can't be fixed as no Asian or Arab country has benefited from any of the main dodgy decisions in an Asian/Arab country.
It’s too early to suggest that. The radio silence is odd though.Whether the ball was in or out for Japan's goal doesn't matter. It simply shows, yet again that the idiots in charge decided to fix something that wasn't broken. Var causes more problems than if it was just left to the 3 officials. If the linesman got it wrong it would be accepted almost immediately. Its a split second decision. But oh no, we have to have Var. How to ruin the simple game of football.