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VAR Video Assistant Referee AskTheRef.com Q & A Regarding "VAR" or "Video Assistant" 1 - 10 of 422 Questions with Answers [Next] Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 12/16/2020 Steve Debus of Crofton, MD USA asks... Regarding the Brighton/Southampton match I have two questions about the PK call in the 77th minute. https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=455&v=ygN9-Bdl72E&feature=youtu.be First Law 12 clearly states that if a hold is started outside the PA but... Read The Full Q & A Law 10 - Determining the Outcome of a Match 11/29/2020 Stefanos of Athens, Greece asks... In this case, the attacker's hand touches the ball as he makes the pass, then his teamate immediately shoots the ball, creating a goal chance. Then, the same player makes an assist and finally the team scores. The goal was cancelled by the referee an... Read The Full Q & A Kicks From The Penalty mark 11/22/2020 Ed Thomas of Winter Garden, FL United States asks... I’d like to know your feedback on the Orlando vs New York City penalty shootout. Specifically, is VAR allowed to intervene when Orlando brings on their 6th sub (which in this case was the sub-keeper during the shootout)? And then for the actual red c... Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 11/7/2020 Martin of San Diego, CA USA asks... 2020-2021 offside rule still explicitly stated "arms are not included in offside determinations" (paraphrased). Why then (handball rule changes notwithstanding) do EPL VARs continue to include arms in offside rulings?... Read The Full Q & A Law 14 - The Penalty kick 9/22/2020 Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks... I also have one specific situation from last weekend. Video (in time 4:55): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzYRXkquHGc Both teams entered the penalty area before the kick. But the "Red 25" benefited from this situati... Read The Full Q & A Other 8/21/2020 Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks... Hello, I have one "VAR" question, please. Team A scores a goal while another situation is reviewed by VAR technology. Can the referee award a goal if the team A is also affected in the original situation? Or do... Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 8/8/2020 Cameron McGowan of Terrasse-Vaudreuil, Quebec Canada asks... I'm watching Barcelona play Napoli and I am curious as to the reason for the penalty kick that was awarded to Barcelona when Koulibaly tried to clear the ball and struck Messi in the back of the leg. To me, that was not an intentional play on Kouliba... Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 7/12/2020 Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks... Thank you Mr McHugh, but its still not clear to me. Scenarios: Defenders hand makes his body unnaturally bigger (or is above his shoulder level). S1: Ball hits his body (or leg, head etc.). Then the ball deflects and ... Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 3/15/2020 Peter Babbage of Hjorring, Denmark asks... Thank you for your replies to my recent question. If I may, Id like your views if I were to expand on it. So back to the Manchester Derby. Hypothetically, the ball is played through to Aguero, Cann raises his flag and Dean blows the whistle. De Gea s... Read The Full Q & A Law 4 - The Players Equipment 3/10/2020 Rocky of Mumbai, Maharashtra India asks... Thanks for the clarification but none of the answers are really convincing. Firstly, they contradict the Law which clearly uses the word - 'distinguish', and I suppose it refers to being different. And how can the referee be given the authority to al... Read The Full Q & A [Next]

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