No. |
Date |
Opponent |
Venue |
Type |
Details |
968 |
13 June 2017 -
2-3 vs. France
Stade de France, Saint-Denis |
Fr |
The VAR was called into action in
the 47th minute, when the referee, Davide Massa, used it to
send off Raphaël Varane,
after he clipped Dele Alli as he ran into the penalty area.
The resulting penalty was scored by Harry Kane. |
973 |
10 November 2017 -
0-0 vs.
Germany
The National Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
NO INCIDENTS |
974 |
14 November 2017 -
0-0 vs.
Brazil
The National Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
NO INCIDENTS |
976 |
27 March 2018 - 1-1 vs.
Italy
The National Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
The VAR was called into action
when the referee, Deniz Aytekin,
called back play after 86 minutes when Tarkowski
accidentally trod on Chiesa's ankle. Aytekin then awarded a
penalty kick from which Insigne scored. |
979 |
18 June 2018 - 2-1 vs.
Tunisia
Volgograd Arena, Volgograd |
WCF |
The VAR was called into to check every decision. It raised no
issue with Walker's foul on Ben Youssef. Nor did it see no
issue on two blatant fouls on Harry Kane. |
980 |
24 June 2018 - 6-1 vs.
Panama Stadion Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod |
WCF |
Again, the VAR was called into to check every decision,
although none was used directly in any decision. |
994 |
6 June 2019 - 3-1 vs. Netherlands
Estádio Dom Afonso
Henriques, Guimarães |
NLF |
The VAR was called into action to cover two major incidents.
Firstly, Lingard thought he had scored a winner on 82:29,
but on 84:33 was adjudged to have been offside by an inch.
Moments later, claims were made against Chilwell that he
had handled the ball on 85:19. It was rightly decided that on
86:40, it had in fact, struck his back. |
995 |
9 June 2019 - 0-0 vs. Switzerland
Estádio Dom Afonso
Henriques, Guimarães |
NLF |
The VAR was called to decide on two major incidents again.
On 73:18, Sterling went for an Alexander-Arnold cross and
was possibly held back by Kevin Mbabu. The penalty kick was
not awarded on 73:41. Then, for the second match in a row,
England had a goal struck off. This time, Callum Wilson
scored the goal on 83:18, only to be pulled back because he
himself had committed a foul in the build-up on 83:12, goal
was unawarded on 84:59. |
Notes
Glen & the
VAR
1. "It looks like Tarkowski stands on
him but it's during the running process and he is going
down anyway," Southgate told BBC Radio 5 live.
ME: If he
was going down anyway, it was because of Tarkowski
trying to pull him back! I don't think that he was
diving.
2. Tarkowski said: "It's
never a penalty. I stood on his foot but I didn't think
a lot of it."
ME: This
begs the question, 'is standing on a player's foot a
foul?' Answer: if it's deliberate. Was it deliberate? I
don't think so, but combined with holding his arm
and causing him to fall, maybe that's enough to call it
a foul.
3. "There was contact,
he's rolling around and obviously that has influenced
the referee, they've got the penalty and scored the
goal" - Jermain Defoe, England striker on BBC Radio
5 live.
ME: He was
rolling around because Tarkowski stood on his foot. I
think that we'd all do the same, it's painful!
4.
"For me if I go through on goal, and there's
contact, I'll go down." - Defoe.
ME: Then you
should be punished (and certainly shouldn't be spouting
those views on national radio). Wouldn't it be better
for the game if no players did that, or can we only
look at it from a striker's point of view?
5. "VAR was brought in for clear and
obvious errors. If it's clear and obvious why the hell
did it take twenty views for ref to change his mind? And
still nobody can agree if it's right or wrong" - Alan
Shearer on Twitter.
ME: It's not
all black or white. The VAR looked at it and probably
thought that it was worth a second view. It was clear
and obvious that it needed a second look, that's the
benefit of VAR. You have to take a judgement call
quickly and then confirm it one way or the other. We
have to trust these guys, not jump down their throats
with sensationalist quotes just because we have a
prominent profile and have an agenda to prove that it
doesn't work! Also, it didn't take anywhere near 20
views and it's not about everybody agreeing. It's about
what the officials think. These tools mean that they're
going to get it right, almost every time. Surely, that's
the only important thing? It's pointless trying to get
everyone to agree, when everybody's biased towards their
own team.
6.
"It's irrelevant whether they
think it was a penalty or not. VAR is there for the
obvious howlers" - Gary Lineker on Twitter.
ME:
If a decision is reversed after viewing several replays,
surely that justifies it, even if it's more of 'I have a
strong suspicion that it's an obvious howler, but I'm
not 100% sure', or do we only protest when it's against
England?
Does
nobody possess the ability to look at this objectively,
without any bias? Referees will always make mistakes,
but they know the rules better than any of the pundits
or fans. There can't be a fan out there who sees his own
defender step on a striker's foot and doesn't worry that
a penalty will be given. We then rely on one man's
instant interpretation and hope that he hasn't seen it.
Regardless of who the team is, it has to be good for the
game if another official says, "Hang on, you might want
to take another look at that". The 'clear and obvious
error' thing is surely just guidance for the VAR to stop
them reviewing everything. You can only see that it was
a clear and obvious error when you've looked at all of
the evidence. Until then, it's only a suspicion.
Sorry, had to get that off my chest! One other
interesting point was that Italian players were
encroaching when the kick was taken. The VAR should have
pointed that out which just goes to prove that there's
plenty of room for improvement, but what's the
alternative? Go back to ridiculing the referee, because
we've seen the video and he hasn't?
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