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Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and other stars were protagonists in their teams at the World Cup . But a particular character was decisive in this first phase. In his debut in Copas, Video Assistant Referee (VAR) – changed the fate of some of the national teams of the Russian World Cup. If the technology had not been implemented in 2018, Brazil would face Sweden not Mexico, in the round of 16. Five other clashes would also be different.
This is the first World Cup with video referee
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The Swedes, who finished first in Group F with 6 points, had the help of the video on the victory against South Korea 1-0 Argentine referee Joel Aguilar had not reported Kim Min-Woo's foul in the Claesson area, but he reviewed the pitch and gave the penalty kick, converted by Granqvist in the second period. Without the VAR, the Nordiques would have added only one point to this match and would finish the first phase with 4, behind Mexico, which would reach 6. Thus, we would have Sweden against Brazil (1º of the Group E) and Mexico against Switzerland (2nd of E).
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It is clear that in football a goal scored or lost changes the perspective of the match. In sports, where not always the favorite wins, there are endless possibilities of results, with several cases of zebras in history. Therefore, for this investigation, Terra calculated the points of the selections taking into account only VAR interferences, without taking into account the possible paths that the matches would take without the technology.
Referee Joel Aguilar reviews the video and scores a penalty for Sweden against South Korea
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With "cancellation" of goals scored by the new system, the octaves would have: Uruguay vs Spain ; Denmark x Argentina ; Belgium x Japan (would not change); Portugal against Russia ; Croatia x France ; and Colombia and England (would not change), in addition to Mexico x Switzerland and Brazil x Sweden .
The changes would occur because of the inversion of the leaders of groups B, C and F, resulting from the exchange of these six intersections of the octaves. Please note below entries with VAR participation:
Spain and Portugal
In the key of Spain and Portugal, the two exciting parts of the last round have had a direct influence of the video referee. When they lost 2-1 to Morocco, the Spaniards saw the mark of Iago Aspas (in legal position) be canceled by the flag. With the review of the offer, the goal was validated and the Fury escaped defeat .
Already Cristiano Ronaldo's team would have won Iran if it was the VAR . Ansarifard 's penalty goal, at 47 seconds, was only scored by the judge after badyzing the video. Portugal also had a penalty with the help of technology, but CR7, who already has 4 goals in the Cup, ended up losing.
The Copa Stadium display shows the possibility of a penalty shoot-out in the match between Iran and Portugal
The second round match between Spain and Iran defeated by the Europeans from 1 to 0, also paused for the video to go to action.
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