goon wrote:
Big Willie wrote:
How can they pull back for a free kick if it wasn't a red card? And how can he give a yellow for an incident he didn't even deem was a foul in the first place? Thought VAR was only for penalties, reviewing legality of goals as well as whether someone should be sent off or not.
It's a knock on basically. If they deemed the Burnley player was last man and should have been a red, then they also need to rule out that there wasn't a foul in the build-up. In this instance, they had a second cause to look at that foul because it was also potentially a red. Either way, when the ref checks the monitor, at that point he can issue a yellow if he doesn't deem it a red.
Is that right? So basically if the ref does not think a foul is a foul but VAR think it may possibly be a red card and he goes and looks at the monitor and decides it's not a red card, he can then decide to give a free kick and a yellow? I would have thought it's a case of if the ref misses a foul and it's not a red card offence then all he can do is play on without bringing play back. If it is a red card then a free kick can be give. Obviously if it's deciding upon another red card or goal and they see a foul in the buildup they can bring the play back but didn't think he could then book someone.
On the flip side I do believe that in the case of a sending off, if the VAR says it's not a red card he may then change the red to a yellow as he has seen that it is a bookable offence in the first place but just jumped the gun a bit in issuing a red.
Obviously this is just my basic understanding of VAR so I'll have to read some more on the different things they can intervene in.
