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Video Assistant Referees are an imperfect but important solution

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Two of the biggest football countries were on display but it was Video Replay Technology that starred, disallowing one goal and overruling a linesman on another.

When France hosted Spain in a friendly on Tuesday night, it offered the first "official" example of Video Assistant Refereeing (VAR) in a high-profile international. (The first instance was back at the FIFA Club World Cup in December... and the first "unofficial" instance was probably this even though we may never know for sure.)

VAR proponents could not have hoped for a better outcome.