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βš– VAR Verdict Β· Case #185

Switzerland vs Colombia

FIFA World Cup Β· 2025/2026 Β· 2026-07-07 Β· 0-0 (4-3)

Correct medium confidence
Penalty (push/hold in box)
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Incident
Penalty (push/hold in box)
Law cited
Law 14 β€” a penalty requires a clear foul by a defender inside the area. A marginal pull, or a two-way tangle that does not clearly bring the attacker down, is not on its own a penalty.
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No penalty is defensible β€” the contact looks marginal on the available angle and VAR did not intervene. A clear, sustained hold that pulled the attacker down would be a penalty; on what is visible this is a borderline coming-together, and play on is defensible.
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Affected team
On-field decision
Play on (no penalty)
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Late in a goalless game, a Colombia attacker went down under a Switzerland defender's challenge in the box with some arm/shirt contact; no penalty was given and VAR stayed out. This is defensible. The contact reads as marginal, not a clear sustained hold, and a two-way tangle is not automatically a foul β€” a marginal appeal is not the clear-and-obvious error VAR overturns. It flips to a penalty only if a replay shows a clear, sustained pull. The same referee waved Switzerland's appeal at the other end β€” one bar, both ways. CORRECT DECISION, medium confidence.

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