Chile penalty claim vs. Portugal shows VAR can improve - FIFA refs' chief

The FC panel gets heated when another instance of potential VAR usage goes unused for Chile against Portugal.

The FC panel debate whether VAR will be ready in time for the upcoming Bundesliga season.

Ex-Premier League referee Howard Webb insists that video assistant referees will not interrupt the flow of football matches.

MLS manager of VAR operations Howard Webb believes that it was Thierry Henry's handball against Ireland that introduced the idea of VAR.

Massimo Busacca, FIFA's head of refereeing, says that officials are still on a learning curve with trials of Video Assistant Referees (VAR) at the Confederations Cup.

Iranian referee Alireza Faghani did not see a foul by Portugal's Jose Fonte on Chile's Francisco Silva inside the penalty area late on in Wednesday's semifinal. His assistants, who had access to numerous replays, did not intervene either and Busacca admitted that the situation could have been dealt with better.

"The contact has...