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⚖ VAR Verdict · Case #182

Argentina vs Egypt

FIFA World Cup · 2026/2027 · 2026-07-07

Wrong high confidence
Goal cancelled — foul in build-up
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Incident
Goal cancelled — foul in build-up
Law cited
VAR protocol — 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
Recommended action
Goal should stand. The contact — a light step on the supporting foot — 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.
Affected team
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 Martínez'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 — 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 — the goal should stand.

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