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VAR Video Assistant Referee AskTheRef.com Q & A Regarding "VAR" or "Video Assistant" 1 - 10 of 526 Questions with Answers [Next] 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 Mechanics 12/22/2024 Crebs Crem of Zagreb, Croatia asks... Hello and merry Christmas, I have a question regarding the drop ball restart as a result of an reversed decision by VAR. Last year, there was a match between Chelsea and Brighton. Near the end of the match, the cross by Brighton... Read The Full Q & A Law 11 - Offside 12/21/2024 Petr of Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic asks... I'm not sure about the restart location. Isn't it more like where the player was when the assistant referee raised the flag? I have a situation for that, I will also put VAR in there :-) Situation: A lone player in an offsi... Read The Full Q & A Law 9 - The Ball in and out of Play 12/4/2024 Crebs Crem of Zagreb, Croatia asks... Hello, This question is about disallowed penalty given because of an off-the-ball challenge. Say, there is an off-the-ball challenge between players A5 and B5 in the penalty area of team B. At that time, the ball is being played... Read The Full Q & A Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 11/24/2024 Peter of Stockton, CA USA asks... I am hoping that you could provide some explanation for me. In the Southampton Vs Liverpool game 24th Nov Southampton got a penalty for a foul on the edge of the penalty area. Despite being a Liverpool fan, I think the referee got the right call. My ... Read The Full Q & A Mechanics 10/28/2024 Martin WAIN of Bradford, West Yorkshire United Kingdom asks... Hi, I suspect the controversy of VAR in football will never be solved.Looking at the latest incident in the West Ham v Man Utd game on Oct 27th. The onfield referee clearly saw the coming together of the 2 players in the penalty... Read The Full Q & A [Next]

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