90+3 matches between Man United and Leicester in the fourth round of the FA Cup, when the score is 1-1, the Old Trafford team is entitled to a fixed free kick. From a free kick, Bruno Fernandes poured the ball inside the penalty area towards the far column.
Immediately, Harry Maguire moved, surpassed the opponent's obstacle and headed the dangerous ground to set the score 2-1. At that moment, the Leicester players have not realized that Manchester United center -back has fallen into the offside position. Only when the television audience witnessed the slow -moving phase, all saw the former "Red Devil" captain was very clear.
However, when the referee did not discover that VAR was not applied in round 4, Man United went on. After the match, Captain Ruud Van Nistelrooy of the visitors shared, Leicester lost by a goal not "Fergie Time", it was "Offside Time". As for Ruben Amorim, he also acknowledged that Maguire was offside when he scored and the disadvantage belonged to Leicester.
"We are very disappointed. When you have prepared a week for this match with a different spirit that lost to Everton. Leicester had a good performance, but the victory was decided by a clear mistake. .
Usually when there is a Var, a offside error, although the distance is only a few centimeters can also be discovered. Over here, we can see that distance must be up to half a meter. It is difficult to accept this " - Van Nistelrooy pressing.
In December last year, the English Football Federation (FA) officially set the appearance of VAR only starting from the 5th round of the FA Cup. Explaining this, FA explained: "This decision ensures that the referees will have a consistent approach to all clubs."
Previously, when Var started to be applied in the UK, with the FA Cup, it was only appeared at the matches taking place on Wembley Stadium (semi -finals and finals), besides the stadiums Premier League stone team. The installation of a standard VAR system is very expensive because in addition to technology equipment, it also consumes an additional team of referees to operate.
The home grounds of the Premier League teams are not required to have VAR. FA pointed out that infrastructure and financial potential of the lower teams were not enough to operate the VAR weekly. Not only the FA Cup, League Cup also does not apply VAR in the outer round, it is only used from the semi -finals.
If a Premier League team kicks with a lower team. The home match of the Premier League representative will have Var and vice versa. This is a huge inadequate but it is from the controversial decision of FA that led to this.
The FA Cup or League Cup may have matches from the outside, for example Man United clashes Arsenal in the third round of the FA Cup. Such hot matches cannot be without Var because only a small development can become the focus of controversy.
