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βš– VAR Verdict Β· Case #182

Argentina vs Egypt

FIFA World Cup Β· 2025/2026 Β· 2026-07-07 Β· 3-2

Wrong high confidence
Goal cancelled β€” foul in build-up
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Incident
Goal cancelled β€” foul in build-up
Law cited
VAR protocol β€” a build-up foul is a subjective decision, so VAR may overturn the on-field call only for a CLEAR AND OBVIOUS error. Being within the reviewable attacking-possession phase lets VAR look
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Goal should stand. The contact β€” a light step on the supporting foot β€” is a real but marginal foul, the sort routinely left unpunished, so the on-field decision to allow the goal was defensible, not a clear and obvious error.
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On-field decision
Goal disallowed for foul in build-up after VAR review
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Egypt won the ball in Argentina's half and countered, unbroken, to score; VAR had the goal overturned for a light step on Lisandro MartΓ­nez's supporting foot at the start of the move. This is a wrong decision. The incident was reviewable and the contact was a real, if soft, foul β€” but a build-up foul is subjective, and VAR may overturn a goal only for a CLEAR AND OBVIOUS error. A marginal step of the kind ignored all match is not that; the on-field goal was defensible, so VAR should have left it. Being allowed to review is not a licence to re-referee a soft call. WRONG DECISION, medium confidence β€” the goal should stand.

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