The changes to the game’s laws have seen VAR struggle to assist referees in making the correct decisions.
North Korean referee Ri Hyang Ok was at the centre of controversy in Scotland’s clash with Argentina as a late, retaken penalty eliminated the Scots.
There have been plenty of positives to take from the two weeks of competition so far, but there has also been controversy stemming from the use of Video Assistant Referees. Scotland and Nigeria were undone by the law on penalty kicks, meaning a goalkeeper must have “at least part of one foot on … the goal line when the kick is taken”.
“First of all I would remind everyone that, for a long time, goalkeepers had to keep both feet on the goal line until a penalty kick was taken,” he pointed out. The controversy has drawn attention away from the on-pitch successes, with all the favourites advancing.
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