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#3 VAR makes a dubious World Cup debut
Ever since the concept of VAR has been introduced in football, we've been accustomed to countless instances of questionable decisions and late calls. Add one more after today's game, as France can consider themselves lucky to have been awarded their penalty.
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Australian defender Josh Risdon's sliding tackle caught Griezmann's heels, but the Frenchman initially appeared to make a meal out of it by throwing himself to the turf. The referee was sceptical on first viewing and adjudged it to have been a well-timed challenge, before turning to the much-maligned VAR and eventually awarded a spot-kick.
It was a dubious call which caused plenty of confusion, but the Atletico Madrid forward stepped up to clinical dispatch from 12 yards. This was the first time in a World Cup game that VAR was called into question and going by today's events, it certainly wasn't the best of starts for the technology.
