VIDEO REVIEW (VAR) IS PROBABLY FOR THE BEST, BUT THERE’S SOMETHING NOT ONLY FAMILIAR BUT ALSO PERVERSELY SELF-SATISFYING ABOUT HOLLERING OVER A BAD CALL IN REAL TIME.
Many a game has been colored, to use a neutral term, by the split-second inkling of a harried official: Was the player offside when the ball, 30 yards away amid a jungle of legs, was passed to him? Should that game-winning penalty have even been given? Did the ball even go in?
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