Egypt goal ruled out vs Argentina

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That one has absolutely kicked off, and you can see why. Egypt had a brilliant counter and then it all gets wiped out after a VAR check that has everyone fuming again.

The big issue, as always, is the inconsistency. People are pointing to similar incidents in Argentina games and asking why those ones barely get a look in while this one gets dragged back from miles away.

Even if you think it is a foul, the reaction is more about the pattern than the single decision. It feels like every tournament has one of these moments where VAR ends up being the story instead of the football.
 
Honestly I am not even saying there was nothing in it but the way people are acting like Egypt somehow deserved that to be erased is mad because they had worked the move so well and then one little touch and suddenly the whole thing is dead while Argentina get the benefit of every doubt going and it always seems to happen in these tournaments and everyone just shrugs and says well technically it was a foul when the same thing at the other end would be waved on in two seconds and that is what makes people lose their minds because the smaller side has to be perfect and the bigger side just gets the softest of margins and that is why this feels so rotten
 
I am sick of watching Mac Allister get mentioned every time Argentina get a decision because the bloke seems to be in the middle of every single one of these debates and somehow it always lands in their favour anyway and people keep saying maybe it was a foul maybe it wasnt but the reality is the whole thing gets judged one way for them and another way for everyone else and it is just exhausting now because you can already hear the excuses lining up before the replay even finishes and it drives me mad
 
It probably is a foul, but that still does not explain why some of these incidents get a full forensic review and others never even reach the monitor. That inconsistency is what annoys people, because everyone can see the same clip and come away with a different answer tbh
 
Of course it gets dragged back for Argentina and of course the same sort of thing in another game gets ignored because apparently the rules only matter when the camera angles are convenient for them and everyone else can just lump it and move on
 
var is so weird man theyll spend ten minutes on this but miss stuff that is way more obvious and then tell everyone its all fair and balanced when it clearly isnt and now egypt are left fuming for no reason
 
A measured point is that if the officials believe a foul happened, they are always going to lean on the review and take the goal away, but the problem is the threshold seems to shift depending on the team involved. Once that starts happening people stop trusting the process and every decision becomes a referendum on bias rather than the actual incident, which is exactly where we are now and it is a mess because you can debate the contact all night and still end up feeling like the bigger name gets the softer ride every single time and that is what everyone is really angry about
 
It looks like a foul to me, but the inconsistency is the real problem. People would be less angry if the standard was applied the same way every time.
 
The tactical side is simple really, Egypt break quickly and the move is excellent, but once the foul is spotted the attacking structure does not matter anymore. What annoys fans is that these borderline contacts get treated differently depending on the moment and the team involved, so the football gets lost in the process
 
I do not agree with the people saying it was obviously rigged because that is just lazy, but I also get why Egypt fans are raging because similar contact is often waved away in other games and that makes this feel selective even if the letter of the law says foul
 
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