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Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system working well at the 2018 World Cup

Could your country’s 2018 World Cup fortunes be decided by technology in Russia?

That is one of many questions fans across the globe have been asking as the tournament’s opening games have been taking place.

Supporters from the likes of Portugal and Spain have already had instances where the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system has impacted their team, while fans of France benefited from goal-line technology in their game against Australia.

The German-developed Goal Control technology was seen to great effect in that match, with the system proving that France’s winning goal had crossed the line.