Tag: VAR

A nonsensical replay review eliminated a contestant from the Scripps National Spelling Bee

Replay … in a Spelling Bee?!

Across essentially all major sports, we’ve seen replay take an expanded role in correcting mistakes — or, in MLB’s case, upholding obvious errors.

But if there’s one event that we all thought was safe from replay stoppages, it probably would be the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Well, I have some bad news because VAR has infiltrated the Spelling Bee. Yes! The Spelling Bee went to replay.

During Thursday’s finals, Roy Seligman was knocked out of the competition after replay review determined that he actually misspelled “ambystoma.” The VAR folks (I’m calling it VAR) determined that Seligman gave an “i” instead of “y,” which led to one of the roughest eliminations you’ll see in a Spelling Bee.

I mean, come on!

The way the judge had to soften the blow for Seligman with a bunch of compliments while delivering the bad news just goes to show how out of place replay review was in that competition. If the judges couldn’t hear the word correctly, then that’s on the judges. You can’t go back and check the tape. It’s a Spelling Bee! It’s not like you have Angel Hernandez behind the plate or something.

You really have to feel for Seligman. I can’t imagine what the emotional rollercoaster of thinking he spelled the word correctly must have been like only to have it taken away by VAR.

He took it well, but man, that was tough to watch.

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El VAR roba a Tigres y le da título al Bayern Munich

Tigres cayó ante Bayern Munich con un gol que debió ser anulado por una mano en el área, los alemanes consiguieron el sextete

¡Era mano! así de simple, la jugada que definió el título del Mundial de Clubes fue de manera ilegal pues el jugador del Bayern Munich cometió mano en el área que ni el VAR pudo detectar.

El Bayern Munich se impuso a los Tigres 1-0 con gol de Pavard a los 59 minutos en una jugada donde Lewandowski cometió una mano dentro del área en el pase de gol.

La jugada se revisó en el VAR, por la sospecha de fuera de juego y la revisión dictaminó que no hubo posición adelantada según mostró la transmisión, nada sobre una supuesta mano en el área que posteriormente las tomas desnudaron como un error arbitral que significó el triunfo para el Bayern Munich.

Tigres cae con mucha dignidad

Los Tigres consiguieron el segundo lugar histórico con mucha dignidad y hasta con polémica pues hicieron un gran partido ante el campeón europeo que tuvo que recurrir al VAR para poder vencer el cerco defensivo impuesto por el Tuca Ferreti.

No fue poca cosa controlar al Bayern Munich y su maquinaria para hacer futbol, incluso en el primer tiempo el VAR ya había anulado un gol de los alemanes por posición adelantada, tuvieron sus sustos pero finalmente lograron manejar las acciones cerrando bien los espacios y sostuvieron durante una hora el cero en su portería.

El Tuca Ferreti planteó un partido apostándole al orden defensivo y les salió a la perfección, Bayern no se vio muy superior a Tigres en la mayor parte del partido aunque sí controló las acciones inclinando la balanza a su favor.

El problema para el Tuca fue el ataque, nunca pudieron entrar al área rival y fue más evidente cuando se vieron en desventaja, los Tigres no tuvieron recursos ni imaginación para buscar el empate por más esfuerzo que vimos en el francés André-Pierre Gignac.

Bayern Munich cierra 2020 perfecto con sextete

El Bayern Munich buscaba en el Mundial de Clubes coronar un 2020 perfecto y lo consiguió, recordando que el torneo en Qatar forma parte del mismo ciclo futbolístico pero la pandemia lo retrasó.

El Bayern Munich ganó la Bundesliga, la Copa de Alemania, la Champions, la Supercopa alemana, la Supercopa europea y el Mundial de Clubes.

Los alemanes se unen al Barcelona del 2009 como los únicos equipos en la historia en conseguir el prestigioso sextete.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spMpltz4Unk&t=4s

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Fans could not believe the nonsensical red card that David Luiz was issued against Wolves

Like, how?

There are few topics more divisive in professional soccer than the use of Video Assistant Referee (VAR). The replay system was designed to prevent glaring, match-changing errors. But instead, we’ve seen it used to scrutinize things like offside decisions by mere centimeters.

And when a glaring, match-changing error does actually happen, VAR often fails to serve its purpose.

That couldn’t have been more clear than the puzzling decision at the end of the first half of Arsenal’s Premier League matchup against Wolves on Tuesday.

When Wolves’ Willian José made a run at goal, he fell to ground after an apparent foul by Arsenal’s David Luiz. The referee was quick to show Luiz a red card, awarding Wolves a penalty. But replays quickly made that decision look awfully harsh.

Upon review, the backswing of José’s foot sort of made contact with Luiz’s knee. But it wasn’t an intentional contact — more so just two people running naturally. And José’s delayed fall to ground certainly made the entire foul look suspect, at best.

But what did VAR do? It confirmed the call in seconds. Just like that, Wolves converted on the penalty and went into halftime tied at 1-1. Fans could not believe the decision.

To make matters worse for Arsenal, Wolves would take the lead with a João Moutinho goal in the 49th minute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPLYt_0-9O8&feature=youtu.be

 

Referee robs Sheffield United of an obvious goal after goal-line technology malfunctions

What in the world …

For the first time in 100 days, the English Premier League was back in action. And it didn’t take long for the officiating to be the talk of English soccer’s return.

During Wednesday’s match between Aston Villa and Sheffield United, Oliver Norwood took a free kick for Sheffield and sent the ball towards goal. Aston Villa goalkeeper Orjan Nyland hauled in the cross as it curved towards the net but had his momentum (and a bump from a teammate) push him beyond the goal line.

Again, the ball was clearly across the line. I mean, Nyland was grabbing onto the net for balance a good three feet beyond the goal line with the ball past the post. Yet, no goal was given.

That isn’t even close. It’s an obvious goal.

As Sheffield players argued with referee Michael Oliver, the referee pointed at his watch to signal that goal-line technology didn’t alert him to the goal. He didn’t want to consult VAR either. None of that sequence made any sense at all.

There’s a chance that Nyland falling behind the goal confused the goal-line technology system as it tracked the ball because otherwise something went wrong there.

But we can’t be too upset. It feels great to have an in-game sports controversy back in our lives.

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FIFA confirma regla de 5 cambios y modifica uso del VAR

La FIFA ha hecho oficial la opción de hacer cinco cambios durante un partido de futbol, después de que la propuesta fuera aprobada por la IFAB. La nueva regla pasará por un periodo de transición a partir de ahora y hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2020. …

La FIFA ha hecho oficial la opción de hacer cinco cambios durante un partido de futbol, después de que la propuesta fuera aprobada por la IFAB.

La nueva regla pasará por un periodo de transición a partir de ahora y hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2020. De ser necesario, la fecha podría extenderse aún más.

En el caso del VAR, no se ha eliminado del todo. El ajuste en su uso se refiere a que serán cada una de las ligas locales las que elijan si quieren hacer uso del VAR o prescindir de él.

Punto a punto, así es como quedaron las disposiciones de cambio de jugadores publicadas por la FIFA:
  • Los dos equipos podrán utilizar un máximo de cinco suplentes.
  •  Para evitar al máximo las interrupciones, cada uno de los equipos dispondrá de tres oportunidades para realizar las cinco sustituciones, que también se podrán llevar a cabo durante el descanso.
  • Si ambos equipos realizaran una sustitución al mismo tiempo, se restará una oportunidad de sustitución a cada uno de ellos.
  • En el caso de que se dispute una prórroga, ambos equipos llegarán a esta con el número de suplentes y oportunidades de sustitución que no hayan empleado.
  • Si el reglamento de la competición permitiera realizar una sustitución más durante la prórroga, los dos equipos dispondrán entonces de una nueva oportunidad.
  • Por lo que respecta a las competiciones que cuenten con árbitros asistentes de vídeo, estas podrán prescindir de sus servicios una vez reiniciada la competición, siempre que así lo decida el organizador de la misma. No obstante, en las competiciones que decidan continuar con el VAR seguirán en vigor las Reglas de Juego en su integridad y, por extensión, el protocolo del VAR.

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VAR was an absolute disgrace in Chelsea’s loss to Manchester United

Rough night for VAR.

You won’t find many Premier League fans who are supporters of the VAR replay system in its current form, and that’ll be especially true in West London.

Chelsea took on Manchester United on Monday at Stamford Bridge in what was a crucial match for the Blues, and they ended up getting a disastrous display from VAR — all resulting in a 2-0 Manchester United win.

The controversy started in the 21st minute when United’s Harry Maguire kicked out at the groin of Chelsea forward Michy Batshuayi. It should have been a clear red card, but when VAR checked the incident, Maguire wasn’t shown a card at all.

Even without acknowledging that a kick to the groin warrants a red card on its own merits, there was precedent to send Maguire off for that contact. It was virtually the same play that had Tottenham’s Heung-min Son sent off for violent contact on Chelsea’s Antonio Rudiger in December.

There’s no consistency with VAR, which allows the system to continue to fail.

Maguire being allowed to stay on the pitch would prove huge later in the match, but we’ll get to that in a bit.

A VAR mistake would hurt Chelsea again in the second half. This time, wiping a goal completely off the board. Kurt Zouma scored in the 55th minute off a corner, but when VAR took a look, it ruled that Cesar Azpilicueta committed a foul before the goal. What VAR didn’t see was that Azpilicueta was pushed, and even the NBC broadcasters were ripping the Premier League’s replay decisions.

Around 10 minutes later, Maguire — who, again, shouldn’t have been in the game anymore — doubled Manchester United’s lead with his first goal of the Premier League season. Of course this happened …

And just for good measure, VAR wiped off another Chelsea goal when Olivier Giroud was ruled offside by mere inches.

It was a brutal night for Chelsea, and fans were understandably fed up with VAR.

With the loss, Chelsea holds a one-point lead for fourth place over Tottenham. Sheffield United and Manchester United are also within three points of Chelsea.

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Soccer fans are melting down over this controversial VAR call in Norwich vs. Tottenham

This is the worst VAR overturn of the season.

The impact of the Premier League’s controversial Virtual Assistant Referee system has been a major talking point among soccer fans all season long, and many seem to have hit a breaking point over this disallowed Teemu Pukki goal in Saturday’s Norwich-Tottenham game at Carrow Road.

In the 33rd minute with Norwich up 1-0, Pukki appeared to double the home side’s advantage with a goal off a brilliant cross by Mario Vrancic. The goal was subjected to a VAR review, and after drawing a line from Pukki’s armpit down to the field in an attempt to ascertain his position relative to the defender, it was determined that the striker was offside, apparently by a few millimeters.

Even with the help of VAR technology, it was nearly impossible in this case to conclusively say that Pukki was ahead of the defender at the moment the ball was played in to him, and even if he was, it was by such a microscopic margin that no human referee could ever make a definitive call on in real time. Fans and former players blasted the call on Twitter after the Premier League officially confirmed the decision.

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