So i have watched all the game except Russia/Saudi Arabia.

France got a VAR decision in their favour, and rightly so.
But Argentina had a definate penalty that did not get VAR'd, as did Peru early on in their game.
Both times, replays show absolute penalty.

So, begs the question, what are those 6 guys in ref shirts in front of TV's behind the dugout actually doing ?

I think the idea is that the ref has ultimate control as they always have done, VAR is only there if the ref did not see an incident clearly enough and needs a second opinion.

I don't wanna see some nobody behind a screen making refereeing decisions, the France penalty was contentious even with VAR so it should be up to the ref, you can't have conflicting opinions

Also I see alot of players remonstrating with refs to look at the replays, that's a road we don't wanna go down, if the ref didn't have the ultimate say, you would see it more often I feel?

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Milovojevic slapped in the face intentionally. reviewed by VAR, no action. 2 mins later Serbia played barely touches a guys face in play. VAR- booking . No sense

I agree.

This feigning and diving is awful. France were shocking. Absolutely terrible. It’s cheating. End of.

Edited by BarEagle (17 Jun 2018 7.07pm)

Still seems to me a lot of decisions are 50/50 which not sure is what VAR should be for?

One positive has been that is hasn't taken long for decisions to be made or really disrupted he game.

No idea why the Kane fouls weren't given - you can be sure they would be in the Premier league for example.

I can deal with var at the World Cup, what is now starting to irritate me is the constant talk about it from commentators and studio pundits, it’s now more prevalent than the game itself and that to me is damaging. They need to lighten off on the subject a bit now and not spend the whole show treating it as more important than the any goal mouth incidents etc