Scotland and Nigeria have suffered from the strict enforcement at penalties which is doing the competition no favours
I can only imagine the emotions felt by the Scotland players when their dreams of qualification for the knockout rounds died on Wednesday night as Florencia Bonsegundo’s twice-taken penalty hit the back of the net, deep into stoppage time, and denied them victory over Argentina. For them, it must have been absolutely heartbreaking. Watching the drama unfold from a distance, I was feeling something quite different: fury.
I don’t think I have ever been as incensed by a football rule in my life. I was a fan of VAR at last year’s World Cup: coming in at the right time, cleaning up refereeing errors and making the game more objective. But using it to interpret the new changes to the law covering penalties is ridiculous.
Written by Eni Aluko
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/jun/20/var-penalising-goalkeepers-unfairly-womens-world-cup under the title “VAR is penalising goalkeepers unfairly at the Women’s World Cup | Eni Aluko”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
