Originally Posted by
niko_cee
Something happened in the first half of the Croatia game which made me wonder as to whether there is a quite large, hidden consequence of VAR and the interpretation being applied to offside. Fine, officials have been told to err on the side of caution with marginal calls and if it leads to a goal, it can be checked. But what about where it doesn't lead to a goal? What about where it leads to a corner? Does that get reviewed? It doesn't seem beyond the realms of possibility that you could have a player played through, marginally offside, gets challenged and the ball goes out for a corner, goal from the corner. It shouldn't be a corner because it should have been a freekick, where does the VAR kick in? I would be interested to see the stats on offsides in the tournament and whether they are massively down, because, as I understand the way it is being interpreted, it is a more of a situational thing (ie if there is a goal) than an actual rule now.