Iran coach lambasts World Cup use of VAR on close calls

Iran coach lambasts World Cup use of VAR on close calls

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SARANSK, Russia (AP) — Iran coach Carlos Queiroz lambasted what he said is the overuse of video review at the World Cup to overturn close and debatable calls instead of being limited to only correcting obvious mistakes.

In the past, the Portuguese was an outspoken proponent, but now he's seeing problems with the implementation of the video assistant referee, or VAR, system.

Iran coach lambasts World Cup use of VAR on close calls

Jun 24, 2018, 5:21pm UTC
https://apnews.com/2d171e28d4d3499c9d9f7ecc35648b32 > SARANSK, Russia (AP) — Iran coach Carlos Queiroz lambasted what he said is the overuse of video review at the World Cup to overturn close and debatable calls instead of being limited to only correcting obvious mistakes. > In the past, the Portuguese was an outspoken proponent, but now he's seeing problems with the implementation of the video assistant referee, or VAR, system.