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Soccer/Football

Ron Obvious

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6. Sweden were just denied a clear penalty against Germany

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Sat Jun 23, 2018, 02:29 PM

Jun 2018

Boateng just shoved Sweden's Berg into Neuer, the German keeper. A clear and obvious penalty, and possibly even a red card. The referee isn't interested, and neither are the VAR team.

What's VAR for, if not exactly this situation? I really don't want to go there, but Germany going out of the tournament would be a disaster for FIFA, especially with Argentina and Brazil also looking uncertain.

The application of VAR appears to be so random as to create more controversy than it solves.

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