England's chances of Nations League glory were hampered by VARAfter eight days in which it has played a major part in two major European competitions, football just doesn’t seem to be football anymore. It was a “clear-cut VAR handball” handball that gave Liverpool such a cheap early lead in Madrid. But under the old rules of intent, a mouth-watering Champions League final would not have been completely destroyed. But that is where the impartiality of the whole VAR system flies out of the window – it is still being run by human beings. Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal went on to win the tournamentThe other areas of handball and offside have at least become more objective.

Source: Express June 10, 2019 08:48 UTC