The goal was disallowed on the field. VAR didn't overturn a valid goal.
They can choose to allow the goal
I'd blame Atwell. Again. How can you blame Taylor for that? He should have had a look at the incident himself and made the decision IMO. To note, that would have slowed the game down.
We don't know that. With semi-automated offsides, the assistant gets a signal from the system when a player is in an offside position. That could easily have happened in the time it took for Taylor to consult the linesman, who didn't have his flag up before that conversation. It was a subjective call at that point, which VAR was best-placed to judge with multiple, more informative angles.
Head to head before goal difference.
Rubbish. Clearly not interfering. Attwell is a f***ing disgrace.
Ah. That explains it. Thank you.
Total nonsense. He is not interfering in any way.
Head-to-Head - Poland having lost to Austria now can't finish above them,
Rubbish
Is that what happened though? The assistant flagged, that's not the same as the goal was disallowed. I may have missed it, but it looked to me like no decision was made on the field as they immediately deferred it to VAR.
I think that's very much what happened...
I think Taylor consulted the assistant because the semi-automated system had signalled a player in an offside position. He therefore put the flag up, but it was for VAR to decide whether the offside player was relevant.
These tournaments are a joy for watching players like this. I have latched onto that Nico Williams chap. Last night was a joy after the Denmark debacle. So fluid and energetic and no antics either.
It was a subjective call, but why did it take so long?
I actually am a qualified referee
(well, i was, not done it for many years, and obviously never had anything to do with var).
