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FIFA needs to reckon with its embarrassing VAR reality after Folarin Balogun red card​

FIFA needs to reckon with its embarrassing VAR reality after Folarin Balogun red card

The Balogun play was a simple play and it’s ended in a gross misuse of VAR, making a mockery of the system and FIFA.

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HallLine69 said:

I don't know the details of how these calls are made but the explanation by the rules analyst (theoretically independent) endorsed the decision. But nothing will soothe the heartbreak of Croatia and its fans.

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FIFA explains waving off Croatia’s game-tying goal in latest World Cup VAR controversy​

FIFA explains waving off Croatia’s game-tying goal in latest World Cup VAR controversy

FIFA explained why Croatia’s game-tying goal was waived off Thursday night.

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Examining the challenges Belgium presents for USMNT​

Examining the challenges Belgium presents for USMNT

Belgium spent the first week of this World Cup looking strangely ordinary. But that’s not the case now.

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USMNT not looking past Belgium as it still seeks ‘signature’ World Cup win​

USMNT not looking past Belgium as it still seeks ‘signature’ World Cup win

There’s no real way to define the kind of win the U.S. national team doesn’t have, so people have settled on “signature win.”

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