June 21 -As debate continues to rage over the inconsistent use of VAR at the World Cup, Brazil have confirmed that FIFA have rejected its complaints about key decisions (or rather non-decisions) made during the 1-1 draw with Switzerland last Sunday,
The Brazilians felt defender Miranda was pushed by Steven Zuber when he headed Switzerland level – and that they should have a spot kick of their own. “The CBF requires to know from FIFA the reason the technology was not used in key incidents during the game,” their federation said at the time.
But FIFA have explained that VAR was correctly used in the match in Rostov-on-Don though it refused to send audio of the VAR communications, claiming that this would violate the officials’ privacy and that it would go against the competition’s rules.
Overall, FIFA said they were pleased with how VAR has been used so far in Russia despite several contentious calls, not least when England captain Harry Kane was twice wrestled to the ground against Tunisia and no action taken.
It is a little ironic that FIFA has often used the Frank Lampard disallowed goal against Germany as an example of an incident that would never happen again under VAR, to placate English scepticism over VAR’s speedy implementation.
“FIFA are extremely satisfied with the level of refereeing to date and the successful implementation of the VAR system, which on the whole has been positively accepted and appreciated within our football community,” a statement read without commenting on individual incidents.
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