Exceptional scenes in Portugal

English football was once offered to video assistant referee era remaining month and the transition was never going to be a very simple one.

Critics have accused VAR of slowing down the pretty recreation and there are growing fears the appeal of the Most Efficient League may just take a big hit will have to the ground-breaking machine be brought in.

Alternatively, a new and surprising downside has sprung up this week – what occurs while a major flag obstructs VAR when it’s called upon? Chaos, that’s what. Absolute mayhem.

As Aves have been already best 2-0 at house to Boavista in Portugal’s Primeira Liga, they looked to have scored their 3rd as Vitor Gomes fired house from close-range.

Gomes, despite the fact that, gave the impression to be offside through some distance so referee Fabio Verissimo sensibly despatched the verdict upstairs for VAR to sort out. That was the plan besides…

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Even As supporters were expecting the replays to turn Gomes approximately three miles offside, they were instead greeted with the sight of an enormous Boavista flag flapping around in front of the camera.

The Boavista fan waving the flag can thank his lucky stars that his facet were already 2-ZERO behind when the incident came about.

as the replays failed to show that Gomes was once blatantly in an offside place, Verissimo was compelled to award the function and the fit completed 3-0 to Aves.

Necessary note: don’t position your VAR cameras at the back of huge flags.

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