Ilios
Winger
And without it, you have teams surrounding the referee chewing up almost as much time, and the wrong decision still gets made - especially with offsides, which can be overturned very quickly with VAR, as the referee isn't required to even look. It isn't perfect by any means, but it wasn't perfect before it either - which is the entire reason it's here. At least now the referee gets more information and a better look at key decisions. It might be a pain in the arse at times, but I'm for it - because the alternative is also a pain in the arse, but unjustly costs teams matches and trophies a lot more, with referees having to make blind/snap decisions that are uninformed.But that has only come about because of VAR. So whilst VAR isn't giving the decision, its impact on the game is still huge.
VAR doesn't make interpretations, the referee does. All VAR does (on non-factual decisions) is give the referee better data to work from. He still makes the decision, he just has a more informed view.
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