| Topic: Belgium v Senegal |
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| 1. Author: USMac Date: Thu 2nd Jul 2026. 03:56 Late in ET, Belgium crosses the ball and Tielmans is fouled going for the ball. But no whistle and the ball goes through into the middle of the box, Belgium keeps control and has an open shot that misses narrowly. VAR calls ref to monitor, and he awards Belgium spot kick for foul. If ref had played advantage notwithstanding the foul, he wouldn’t have awarded the spot kick after Belgium missed its open shot. So why should he award the spot kick after VAR? They are not entitled to get 2 chances to score. Am I wrong? Reply |
| 2. Author: wee eck Date: Thu 2nd Jul 2026. 07:26 I think the overall standard of refereeing in the WC has been good but the subjectivity of certain decisions can`t be removed, even with the use of VAR. In particular there have been a number of challenges in the penalty area where there has been a lack of consistency in deciding what constitues a foul and no attempt to clarify these decisions after the match. The point about advantage having been played in this particular incident just added to the lack of clarity. Reply |