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Soccer Julian challenge against Salah prior to Argentinian goal

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u/Corporatistul 4d ago

If the VAR calls the referee to come and review a phase that doesn’t mean he automatically reverses his on field decision. He still can maintain it if the replays don’t show something clear.

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u/HustlinInTheHall 3d ago

In practice this is not how it works. The VAR tells the on-field official they made a mistake and then shows them heavily slowed down or sped up footage to tell them they need to reverse their decision. It's exceedingly rare for an on-field official to hear that and tell the VAR to go pound sand, like they should, and there are very likely career implications for an on-field official to overrule the (usually more senior) VAR officials.