Shouldn't a top level official with AR/4th be seeing this live?
Yeah definitely odd, never seen it occur like this beforeYeah they missed the double touch. But it's a really odd situation. With a fk there you usually focus on everyone except the kick taker!
Thanks. I was multitasking and thought it was an offside.The original free kick taker touched the ball twice (it came back to him off the bar)
It can't, I don't think.Very unusual situation! It again shows need to improve communication with VAR.
One technical question - what is the remit for VAR intervening in restart decisions? I know they can't intervene on things like foul throws or a moving ball etc.
And it isn’t a restart issue. If the ball had been moving on the FK, the goal would stand, as the restart can’t be reviewed. But this is an offense thar occurred after the ball was in play during the attacking phrase of play before a goal.The intervention is based on a goal or no goal decision
And then immediately after the goal is scored to disallow it on field...neither of which happened."
- Delaying the flag/whistle for an offence is only permissible in a very clear attacking situation when a player is about to score a goal or has a clear run into/towards the opponents’ penalty area
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If they do delay the whistle then presumably they should blow when the attack breaks down.
If he was helped by an on field official, he should have immediately called it, not waited for a VAR Check—waiting would be a blatant breach of VAR protocols. If protocols were followed, there are really two options. First, it was completely caught by the VAR. Second, that the R (or an o field teammate) said something like “hey, I’m not sure, but was it . . . “ which would have raised the question for VAR to be sure it was checked—butnVAR should have been checking anyway and should have caught in the comfort of the review booth without anyone on the field saying anything.Which I think tells us that the ref didn't spot this himself - what we don't know is if he was helped by another onfield official or by VAR.