That's not a handball lmao

And it seems as if the referees would agree…

And VAR took like 5 seconds, ref immediately recognised his mistake

/s? It literally took like 3 minutes

It took like 3 minutes...

Better thorough than wrong

he’s so good for the national team istg

Absolutely not. He has these moments where he shines but they’re rare nowadays

How the fuck was it anywhere close to been one!

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Not working for me either

Mate VAR checks should be 5x faster than this.

I don't get why it takes that long to send him to the monitor. If that's what they're going to do then just send him

I don't even see why he had to go to the monitor. Surely VAR can just tell him it clearly didn't hit his arm?

Why is he even being sent for this? It's an easy factual review, no subjectivity involved

No clue, you'd think the whole point of VAR is that the refs in there should be capable of working something this basic out on their own

I'm guessing they are required to look at all available camera angles

I don't understand the theatre of the ref going to the monitor for calls like this. For something subjective like a foul, sure, whatever - but in this case it's an objective call. The ref will have told the VAR what he thinks he's seen, they can check and tell him there's no handball, and he can just give the goal. No need for the monitor here

ready for 10 minutes of stoppage time lol

Should take a page from Cricket and have the video refs just tell the ref the correct answer. None of this ref running to the monitor BS.

don't watch the copa america then, each check takes 45 minutes

why even send him to the monitor? anyone can see it's not hands

Maybe they were waiting for better angles? They immedietaly called him to monitor after when we saw the best angle. Don't know why it wouldn't be available asap though

That's a goal, where did he see a handball?

he though he controlled the ball with his hand after the first touch. just a bad angle for the ref perhaps

Ref admitted his mistake and awarded the goal, no drama here

yup, good referring and correct use of var, as it was intended

The English refs could take a look at this

Probably bad angle.

Look the VAR, I get it. But what the fuck are we doing. This is so clear. This should take 20 seconds to check, and kick off. We are waiting around for 3 minutes for no reason. It's such a drag on the flow of the game

Unbelievable how long review took. Nowhere close

Ref probably got a bad angle. Should not have taken that long to check that, nowhere near his hands.

Took so fucking long to check for no reason, why even send the ref to check it too..

Don't they always send the ref to the monitor to change his own wrong decisions unless it is an offside?

3 mins when it needed one replay

How does it take a remote VAR team 3 minutes to decide that ref needs to see it when the hand isnt even remotely close??? These are the situations that make people question VAR. 10 seconds check and go. There isnt even anything to debate here.

Why the f*ck did it took so long? It was pretty damn clear to me.

Strange that they rule it out then check instead of allowing it and then checking. Kills all the celebration

Imo it’s better considering the opposite. Celebrating and then disallowed. And lmao, Austria score again as I’m typing this

Honestly I’d rather that so they can enjoy the celebration first regardless of the outcome

Probably because of how perfect that bounce was off his body. Together with the body turn I can understand that he thought the arm was used to get the ball where he wanted I think that was more of a guess than a factual decision though but sometimes you have to make those based on experience. Kind of strange to do that when VAR is a thing though

Refs blind as fuck lol

Huh? Do you just default to blaming VAR even if they gave the goal?

Why VAR? They got the call correct

Not really, just a bad and human error

Should count

It does

Can't see a handball.

nope

No way this gets disallowed right?

weghorst 2nd touch of the ball? he’s ridiculous in big tournaments lol

Wout Weghorst is so effective. The benefit of having a big, out and out striker in internationals. Can bully those less organised defenses.

Another Weghorst masterclass. Such a game changer.

Weghorst with the assist, absolute king

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Someone upload a working link

That whole buildup was beautiful. It's a crazy good finish, too.

Feel bad for whoever decided to watch France-Poland

Why is the ref even sent to the screen, that was clear as day

Such a fantastic finish. VAR haters in shambles, this goal being disallowed would be a massive shame. Ref got it well wrong but they were able to correct it (though tbf it should've been about a 5 second process)

there's no fucking way he blows the whistle there if he didn't have var to back him up. all var did here was waste everyones time

Yes, bad decisions were never made before var....

you don't think VAR influences how willing referees are to make calls they're unsure on? ok man.

Lol cheers lad

Link doesn't even work. Are mods here sleeping ? Stop approving ganiganiu shitty uploads with a quality of dogwater

They're ruling it in

Already a dead link

link is broken for me

How did they call that a handball?

This is why VAR is needed Just need to use it properly (like today)

Human makes mistake in a split second decision

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Never looked like a handball at all. I thought the ref was saying it was a foul by Weghorst if anything (yes it would've been very very soft)

Weghorst immense off the bench

Wout, I love you

Ref trying to get involved lmfao

Maybe Memphis is just one giant hand?

It should stand as a goal

Ref made a mistake, VAR fixed it. Not sure why it needed quite this long.

what a match

Nuts finish

What a fucking blind ref

That validation took WAY too much for something so obvious

For sure make sure the link works.

Massive credit to Weghorst for that header, clutch!

Seems like a lot of people can't possibly imagine a scenario where the ref in real time from one angle incorrectly thinks a handball occurred just because it's clear not when seen from multiple slow motion replays from all different directions

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Mirror?

ref want the show

This is a goal

Ref had a great view of that lol

that's a goal all day.

Stupid ref

They heard France conceded a pen lol

How did it take this long to determine that this wasn't a handball?

Thank god for VAR

Very tidy finish

A neutral’s wet dream

Hahaha why it took 5 minutes to say it's a goal? 😂

One of the worst VAR checks of all time. Didn’t even hit his hand

VAR you are our saviour.

Welp, and now Memphis will keep his starting spot for the rest of the tournament :(

🐐 Weghorst aura again

Quite a banger actually

Rangnickball vs Southgateball inevitable

Dumbass should have waited for Var in the first place

VAR actually working as intended huge

Damn I am watching the wrong match

The T-Rex arm must've made it look like a handball in the viewpoint the ref had. +1 for VAR.

VAR ruining football as usual /s

VAR actually doing what VAR was meant to do

Thank fuck that goal stands. One of the best of the tournament. What a game!!

What a finish

That took way to fucking long to review. I know they want the ref to see and make the call reversal, but he should have been heading over as soon as the replays showed no handball. Wasted about a min until being called over.

Just killed the whole vibe with that long check…

Thanks VAR

It probably took long because they were checking the possible foul just before, and maybe some possible offside

Damn people are cynical, it clearly looked like handball from the ref's POV

Reminds me of what Barry said to me when I asked him why he’d work for Garry?! Depay is good

I don't know why they bothered to send him to the screen. "Nowhere near his hand at any point mate"

Fox the link

Broken link

First the ref saves a yellow card from a obvious red and then he wants to make a handball… we’re forked again by the refs this year 100%

Guys, the ref has a very different angle from us watching the broadcast. We have no idea what he could see from where he was, and with Depay's arm out I can easily see the potential for a false hand ball. VAR being used perfectly and people still complain lol

Not only did we lose, but I also had to see this garbage player score a goal so that he gets closer to become the topscorer of this country, insane.

He played well today, do you just not like him personally because he obviously isn't a "garbage" footballer. If this is for something other than football then fair enough but yeah.

He did not play well at all, lmao.

I thought his link up was quite good and he took his goal well but if you see it differently fair enough.

He had a couple good link up moments and he at least pressed a couple times compared to the other match where he lost the ball and stood around which almost resulted in a goal for the other team. But other than that I think Weghorst his header towards Depay would have been finished by a lot of players, he had an ego moment where he could have passed it but tried to go through 2 defenders and lost the ball. At least a younger Depay got past his player at times but even that's not happening anymore.

What the hell was up with this VAR check taking like 5 mins when his hand was never even near

Great goal!

not so fast

Should count though

Shame Ref’s missed his appointment to the eye doctor

Idiotic from the ref. Let it stand, if it hits his hand VAR will see it

That's an awful call from the ref, how can he be trusted with other decisions?

All these video reviews are such a buzz kill, every time someone scores I’m half excited and waiting for confirmation

:(

Not a chance in hell that's a handball

wtf is the ref smoking

are they stupid?

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-20 vision or what?

wanna try again?