VAR is changing how we play the game

Last week, the head of Fifa’s referee committee, Pierluigi Collina claimed that 99.3% of “match-changing” decisions have been, thanks to the newly introduced Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system, called correctly at the World Cup.

This meant, the former World Cup referee said, that the system was working “very, very close to perfection”.

Harry Maguire signals for VAR after Colombia’s Wilmar Barrios butted England’s Jordan Henderson in the chest and chin during Tuesday’s World Cup clash.