The problem isn’t the technology itself, it’s the towering arrogance of the VAR team to improperly use it to claim a certainty that was not there, and the timidity of the referee failing to recognize, as I did in real time, that he was not being shown clear and obvious evidence of an error!
"VR, we said it at the start of the tournament, they weren't getting involved too much. And I remember saying, they'll get bored and they'll want to get involved. And now boy, oh boy, are they involved. I mean, the overturn of the offside when they came out with it, Mitanovic was said to afflict it. It didn't look like the ball deviated whatsoever. I thought it was going to go off after the game. I think it's one of the worst decisions at a World Cup ever. I think at the very best, Mitanovic might have touched his hair. I mean, you two would have been fine. Yeah, we would not have touched yours. What did you make of it, Micah? I watched it numerous times now and he couldn't see a touch. I think the whole thing is supposed to be clear and obvious, isn't it? And it certainly wasn't clear and obvious that he got a touch. So I'm very much in agreement with the lads. I just think to disallow that, that minute, what was it there? 110th minute or something like that. It's ridiculous."
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The problem isn’t the technology itself, it’s the towering arrogance of the VAR team to improperly use it to claim a certainty that was not there, and the timidity of the referee failing to recognize, as I did in real time, that he was not being shown clear and obvious evidence of an error!