THERE’S NO LEVEL PLAYING FIELD IN THE CUP

Matt BADCOCK

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TECH FLAW? Referee Deniz Aytekin reviews the VAR in the World Cup INSETS: Referee Andre Marriner signals for a drop ball after VAR overturns the penalty given to Sheffield Wednesday and Ollie Watkins goes over in the Barnet box
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For years the debate around technology raged. Should football have it? Should it not? Will it help? Will it take away the spontaneity and disrupt the flow of the game? The answers still aren’t all that clear. In last year’s Russian...