France scores crucial goal in World Cup final after VAR overturned a no-call into a handball
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- Video review has officially made an impact on the World Cup final.
- After a French corner kick, Croatian Ivan Perisic initially got away with a handball but was later called for the foul to award France a penalty kick after VAR video review.
- Antoine Griezmann sent the shot from the spot home to give France a 2-1 lead heading into halftime.
Video review has made quite an impact in its first World Cup.
The VAR or "Video assistant referee" system has gone over pretty well in its debut at the World Cup, correcting egregious errors and helping to keep calls in the box more consistent.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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