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RSS feedParaguay 0–1 France had a penalty given, an elbow waved away, and a penalty appeal turned down — and by our analysis all three were correct. Yet the game was still badly refereed. Because refereeing has two axes, and VAR only touches one.
Read article →Germany went out playing football the honest way. The teams still standing are, on average, better at gaming the referee. But the answer isn't for everyone to get more cynical — it's to build a system where cynicism stops working. The dark arts are a symptom; discretion is the disease.
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