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VAR Video Assistant Referee AskTheRef.com Q & A Regarding "VAR" or "Video Assistant" 1 - 10 of 530 Questions with Answers [Next] Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play 3/30/2025 Tony Thomas of London , United Kingdom asks... If the referee awards a penalty and VAR overturns it, why does the game restart with a drop ball for the goal keeper? ... Read The Full Q & A Mechanics 2/17/2025 Zluvka of Liberec, Liberec Region Czech Republic asks... Hi, I don't understand one thing. Why did the VAR call the referee to the monitor? Offside is usually reported to the headset. Situation A (similar): The referee awards a penalty. VAR sees an offside in the attacking phase. VAR also sees r... Read The Full Q & A Mechanics 2/2/2025 Aljaž Zorko of Maribor, / Slovenia asks... Having a debate if this is a pen or not. The defender obviously gets the ball first, but then trips the opponent in the penalty box. Would you give this as a pen? It was not given after VAR review. I'd say this isn't clear & obvious for a... Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 1/27/2025 Damianos of Athens, Attiki Greece asks... I have a more general question regarding how untouchable is a Goalkeeper. The last couple of matches in the greek league, there were incidents that to me are confusing. Weirdly the same goalkeeper is involved. The fisrt case, th... Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 1/20/2025 Zluvka of Liberec, Liberec Region Czech Republic asks... Hi, this was the situation in our league. A player made a through pass. A teammate ran after the pass. The defender fouled him. The ball was 5 meters away from the player at that moment. Otherwise, the player would have gone to the goal h... Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 1/19/2025 Zluvka of Liberec, Liberec Region Czech Republic asks... Hi, it's simple. The referee whistles a foul. He awards RC for DOGSO. VAR sees that the fouled player was in an offside position (not offside). How will VAR deal with it? Will VAR intervene? VAR probably should. What will the restart be like? Probabl... Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 1/17/2025 Zluvka of Liberec, Liberec Region Czech Republic asks... Hi, how would this hypothetical situation be handled if the player was only in an offside position and not in an offside position? I mean the solution via VAR. Thank you, Zluvka... Read The Full Q & A Mechanics 1/12/2025 Zluvka of Liberec, Liberec Region Czech Republic asks... Hi, can VAR intervene if a foul occurs during a restart before the ball is in play (such as a corner or free kick) and this foul has an impact on a goal being scored? Or is this completely ruled out because the ball was not in play? It seems to me th... Read The Full Q & A Mechanics 1/7/2025 Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks... Thanks. It's getting funny, I admit. :-) But I was referring to the offside line that technology draws. Law 11 A player is in an offside position if: ANY PART OF THE HEAD, body or feet is nearer to the opponents’ goal... Read The Full Q & A Mechanics 12/23/2024 Angus Macdonald of London, London United Kingdom asks... In the recent Scottish League Cup Final the referee John Beaton gave a direct free kick just outside the box against Celtic's defender Liam Scales for holding Rangers forward Cerny's shirt. The holding began just outside the box but continued as Cern... Read The Full Q & A [Next]

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