THE VAR QUESTION: GOOD OR BAD?

Even the VAR cynics had to agree that the system worked perfectly on Wednesday as South Korea were awarded the first of their two dramatic late goals against Germany after it had been incorrectly disallowed for offside. That followed other successes such as Neymar (right) being caught out after diving to win a penalty, Sweden earning a spot-kick after a foul was missed, Iran rightly having a goal chalked off for offside and Spain being awarded one.

VAR FACTS

z335 incidents checked z14 on-field reviews made by referees zThree reviews made by the VAR team on factual decisions. z95% of incidents called correctly by ref without VAR z99.3% correct after use of VAR zSix penalties awarded after an on-field review zOne penalty given by VAR because it was shown the foul occurred in the area zTwo penalties cancelled after on-field reviews zTwo goals awarded after potential offsides