THE FUSE

I’m a long-time defender of VAR, and even I never want to see another referee reviewing footage during the middle of a soccer game like they’re about to solve a murder. You’re going to be hearing variations of that a lot going forward, I bet. An obsession with the letter of the law is ruining the spirit of the game, something critics of the technology have said all along. Anyone who watched Egypt lose to Argentina in Atlanta today will have a hard time not seeing their point.