Why VAR won’t be getting involved in corners

You can see why Nottingham Forest manager Sean Dyche was frustrated.

The video assistant referee (VAR) couldn’t look at it because corners are not one of the things it oversees, so Casemiro’s goal for Manchester United on Saturday marked the second consecutive week his team conceded the opening goal from a seemingly misaligned corner.

Akil Howson, an assistant referee, flagged for a corner despite Nicolo Savona insisting he had kept the ball in play. Marcus Tavernier of Bournemouth scored a goal kick from a corner six days prior.

Dyche remarked, “Two in two weeks is ridiculous. Because it’s gone and the goal has been set straight, “there must be someone who overrides this decision.”

The International Football Association Board (Ifab) technical panels recently met to discuss potential changes to the VAR, with incorrect corners on the agenda leading to goals.

Because it is typically a factual choice rather than a subjective one, Fifa suggested corners should be included in VAR’s remit.

The referee would not have to spend any time looking at the pitchside monitor.

The advisory panels, which include former players, coaches, and referees, had mixed opinions, and it was rejected because it would require examining the ball’s movement on every goal that comes out of a corner.

There is a real concern about adding anything that would add additional delays to VAR.

Additionally, it would violate one of the fundamentals of Law Five, which states that a referee cannot change a restart decision after the play has finished, regardless of whether it is with or without VAR. The game must then continue once the corner has been taken and the play has ended.

If you want to avoid breaking that crucial section of Law Five, you must review every corner (on average, there are about 10 in the Premier League) and check that every move is correct before making a decision. Even though Dyche estimates a check would take five seconds, VAR’s speed is unmatched.

Because they are not such a regular event, the Ifab’s panel members did advise reviewing second yellow cards displayed, but even that is unpopular with some people.

Chief Executive of the Football Association, Mark Bullingham, declared in July that he opposed any expansion of VAR’s powers. That’s crucial because the Ifab board includes the four United Kingdom football associations (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales), Fifa, and other teams with four votes each.

Bullingham told BBC Sport, “We don’t believe that the use of VAR should be extended.” “What VAR should be and how it should advance are topics that are frequently discussed in Ifab. We should be in a good position, in my opinion.

Although Bullingham and VAR should not be reviewing corners, Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer felt sympathy for Dyche.

He said, “I understand Sean’s frustration and anger,” and that he was with him. Because VAR is already ending and getting started, I wouldn’t want to get involved. I wouldn’t encourage that, but I would encourage officials to do their jobs responsibly and correctly, without making guesses.

Some claim that VAR’s failure to review errors that are essential to a goal’s scoring seems to contradict the system’s overall philosophy.

What’s next, in your opinion, if you start reviewing corners? Free kicks ? Throw-ins ? Then, should we merely review everything?

Perhaps this will turn around once more, but for the time being, it seems like there needs to be much more discussion about potential effects before a change is considered.

There is no guarantee that Casemiro’s goal would have been rejected, and it will still take some time to make a decision, regardless of whether it was an option for VAR.

Illia Zabarnyi, Dean Huijsen, and Milos Kerkez were all sold over the summer, but they could have found that their playing resources were stretched even further because Marcos Senesi has already gotten two red cards this season.

The Premier League’s Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel unanimously decided earlier this year that Hugo Ekitike should have been sent off for handling the ball improperly while Liverpool’s Hugo Ekitike was about to run through on goal.

Referee Jarred Gillett made a mistake by rejecting a VAR review at the monitor, which he had earlier downgraded to a red for bringing down Crystal Palace’s Ismaila Sarr last month, and the KMI Panel has now decided, in a split 3-2 decision.

Two of the five times in the last two seasons have been determined to be incorrect by a referee.

On Sunday, fans at West Ham United and Newcastle United had to wait an extra-old year before a penalty was overturned.

Malik Thiaw appeared to have touched the ball before making contact with Jarrod Bowen, which was quite obvious. Newcastle have recently had a spot-kick cancelled after Nick Pope got the ball before colliding with Viktor Gyokeres, and this is the second time they have benefited from a VAR review.

However, the referee announced his decision to overturn the initial penalty to the audience in three minutes and eleven seconds, and the game was stopped altogether for four and eight seconds.