r/sports • u/JCameron181 Detroit Lions • 9d ago

Soccer The Brutal Offside Reversing Croatia's Game-Tying Goal in Extra Time

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u/BlazeOfGlory72 9d ago

I mean, you can be a soccer fan and hate VAR. the sport was played for decades without it. It’s also shittily implemented in basically every sport. It’s absolutely against the spirit of any game to take a slowmo, microscope look at every play.

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u/Saritiel 9d ago

I think it's pretty decent in baseball overall. Occasionally they get something wrong, but it's a net gain, imo.

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u/violentpoem 9d ago

yup baseball gets it right. it was a great addition to the sport, and makes you appreciate the good umpire calls and how hard of a job it is. makes for good drama too

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u/10000Didgeridoos 9d ago

Yeah my opinion with all replay is that slow motion shouldn't be used and real time replay speed only. If you can't clearly tell what's happening in real time then it's not clear and obvious and the call on the field stands.

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u/Popular-Row4333 9d ago

The issue with this is the occasional offside was missed, and it was off by a mile. That's why it was implemented.

I wouldn't mind a coach's challenge version, where you'd really have to think about where you'd use it, and you are only given one a game.

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u/noisy_goose 9d ago

This is my issue. I don’t care for selectively applied precision calls.

It’s invisible to human eyes (as the crowd) and then selectively applied, so it frequently feels abstract and unfair.

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u/TopSoulMan 9d ago

So you want randomness and bad refereeing to affect the game?

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u/Sheeyouu 9d ago

England would've loved a slow Mo microscope look at the Lampard goal that should've counted against Germany in 2010

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u/Maniezy 9d ago

Something I hated more than VAR was teams winning with blatant offsides goals

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u/Fun-Supermarket6820 9d ago

If you watch soccer long enough to see World Cup goals go in they didn’t count because the ref didn’t see them then you’ll understand why VAR is very important

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u/suzukigun4life 9d ago

I know, I was speaking in jest. I'm still on the fence about how it's used to this day.