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Red card confusion & contentious calls - VAR's 'bad day at office'

BBC News·@Bbc·2 months ago
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A number of decisions by referee Sven Jablonski caused confusion on the pitch during the game England's friendly with Uruguay may not have been the most entertaining game, but it was certainly a bizarre and confusing one - for a number of reasons. Ben White looked to have secured victory for Thomas Tuchel side's late on, only to then be adjudged to have given away a stoppage-time penalty which Federico Valverde converted. But there was controversy around decision-making for both incidents, as well as Manuel Ugarte appearing to be shown two yellow cards but not be sent off, while Ronald Araujo went unpunished for a heavy challenge on Phil Foden. "A bad day at the office" was England boss Tuchel's assessment of the performance of the officials in the 1-1 draw on Friday. There was confusion over how many yellow cards Manuel Ugarte was officially shown Arguably the biggest talking point - and certainly the most confusing - was Ugarte staying on the pitch despite appearing to be booked twice.…

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