Soccer Football - Germany v Cameroon - FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 - Group B - Fisht Stadium, Sochi, Russia - June 25, 2017 Cameroon’s Collins Fai in action with Germany’s Kerem Demirbay REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
SOCHI (Reuters) - Germany eased into the Confederations Cup semi-finals with a 3-1 win over Cameroon on Sunday as the VAR system was again thrust into the spotlight when the on-field official needed two reviews of an incident to send off the correct player.
Colombian referee Wilmar Roldan consulted the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) just past the hour after a reckless high challenge by Ernest Mabouka on Germany's Emre Can saw Sebastien Siani wrongly shown a yellow card in a case of mistaken identity.
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