Kingswood Robin Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 A penalty was awarded after players had already left the pitch for half-time in Mainz's Bundesliga win over relegation rivals Freiburg on Monday. Referee Guido Winkmann called both sides back from the dressing room after consulting the video assistant referee (VAR) system and penalising Freiburg for handball. They even had to switch the sprinklers off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 Scrap it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Alex_BCFC said: Scrap it. Thankfully we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carey 6 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Goal line technology and nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Goalie was taking a dump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooRya Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Carey 6 said: Goal line technology and nothing else. This. It's impossible to make the game of football "perfect"......................and thank fuck for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 1 hour ago, myol'man said: Goalie was taking a dump No he wasn't. According to VAR he was having a pee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 The only use that I can see for the video is reviewing decisions that the refs make surrounding foul play. You can appeal red cards, but you should be able to appeal yellows, but also look at diving, simulation and violence post match. Each team starts the season with 5 appeals. If you're successful, you get to keep it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanjita Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Like many others when it was announced that VAR. would be used I thought it would be good for the game, having seen it in action I have totally changed my mind. goal line technology only for me now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted April 17, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 A penalty was awarded after players had already left the pitch for half-time in Mainz's Bundesliga win over relegation rivals Freiburg on Monday. Referee Guido Winkmann called both sides back from the dressing room after consulting the video assistant referee (VAR) system and penalising Freiburg for handball. Mainz midfielder Pablo de Blasis scored the penalty to put the hosts 1-0 up. "It leaves a bitter taste," Freiburg sporting director Jochen Saier said. Speaking to Eurosport at half-time, he added that they had to "accept it with a heavy heart". "We were under the impression that when the referee blows for half-time that's it," said Saier. The second half was delayed by fans throwing toilet paper onto the pitch, which was not related to the penalty decision but instead a protest against Bundesliga fixtures being played on Monday nights. De Blasis scored a second on 78 minutes to secure victory, taking Mainz above Freiburg on goal difference and eight points clear of automatic relegation, while putting the visitors into the relegation play-off spot in 16th. Mainz initially had the penalty appeal turned down after right-back Daniel Brosinski's cross deflected off Freiburg centre-back Marc-Oliver Kempf's hand and was saved by keeper Alexander Schwolow. As the players departed the pitch, Winkmann was told to consult VAR and ran over to the other side of the pitch to watch the replay on a monitor. Winkmann overturned the decision and awarded the hosts a penalty before having to recall the entire Freiburg side and the handful of Mainz players who had left the pitch. Following a delay of over six minutes De Blasis scored the penalty in the bottom left corner and Winkmann blew again for half-time, during which the unfortunate Kempf was substituted. De Blasis added a lucky second as his shot rolled over the line after hitting the inside of the post, with Schwolow out of his goal having passed the ball straight to Mainz midfielder Robin Quaison. Analysis European football writer Andy Brassell on BBC Radio 5 live Potentially one of the most vital goals in the fight at the bottom, but a new low for VAR. The ref maybe shouldn't have sent them off as quickly, it depends on how quickly VAR contacted him. The problem is not the technology, it is the process. I can't understand why referees are involved in the decision-making process at all, if it is to be used for clear and obvious errors, surely the VAR has to tell the referee what the decision is. In this case you've got a couple thousand fans off to the bar and they come back thinking it is 0-0. I still think the penalty is debatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSSEL85 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 So near, but yet so VAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Theoretically, it's a good idea, but it has to be used sensibly. If refs are going to use it like dicks, it'll make them seem even more of a hindrance to games than they are at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Do The Dziekanowski Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Danny Murphy put it brilliantly on the Debate show, VAR is taking one persons opinion (the ref) and passing that onto another person to deal with. Plus football is a contact sport and imo opinion VAR is seen as contact = foul. England vs Italy prime example, also Mane vs Palace, if VAR was used I’m 99% sure they would have said it was a penalty even though there was nowhere near enough contact to bring the player down/stop him being able to carry on with play. Goal line thechnology will do for me, no more, no less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clevedon Red Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 VAR what is it good for...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reformed_red Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 VAR should only be used for reviewing scenarios with definite answers, such as over the line, offside, in/out of box. Possibly handball but that can be subjective too unless they change the rule. Everything else is opinion. Football has been ruined by TV analysing every tiny detail on one of the 3million cameras inside each ground. At full-pace fast-tempo top-flight level, Gary Neville or Chris Sutton can't possibly say "this player intended" or "that player attempted". Even the players probably don't know half the time, its instinct. The World Cup is going to be a JOKE. And personally, I quite like the idea of "he got away with one there"...it adds to the flavour of football. And before the PC millennials get on it, the game misses characters like Vinnie Jones, Roy Keane, Cantona, Viera, Gattuso etc., who wouldn't last 5 mins in a game nowadays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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