Fifa’s video official gets it wrong again

Fifa’s Video Assistant Referee (VAR) claimed the spotlight for all the wrong reasons at the Confederations Cup in Russia yesterday when the on-field official’s decision resulted in the wrong man getting sent off before the players intervened in Germany’s 3-1 win over Cameroon last night.

Germany eased into the Confederations Cup semi-finals but it was the VAR which hogged the headlines. Colombian referee Wilmar Roldan consulted the VAR after a reckless high challenge by Ernest Mabouka on Germany’s Emre Can saw Sebastien Siani wrongly receive a yellow card in a case of mistaken identity.

But even then Roldan did not come up with the right outcome as he simply switched the colour of midfielder Siani’s card from yellow to red. It was only after Cameroon’s players insisted he