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VAR used for first time in World Cup final

Soccer Football - World Cup - Final - France v Croatia - Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia - July 15, 2018 Referee Nestor Pitana checks VAR before the penalty is awarded REUTERS/Michael Dalder

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) was used for the first time in a World Cup final to award France a 38th-minute penalty which Antoine Griezmann scored to give them a 2-1 lead over Croatia on Sunday.

Referee Nestor Pitana was alerted to a possible handball and after checking the off-field screen he decided Ivan Perisic had handled the ball in trying to clear a French set-piece.

The match at the Luzhniki Stadium had already seen the first own goal in a World Cup final when the ball flicked off Croatia striker Mario Manduzkic and past his own keeper to put France 1-0 up after 18 minutes.

FILE PHOTO: Referee Mark Geiger reviews an offside decision on VAR in World Cup match South Korea vs Germany - Kazan Arena, Russia - June 27, 2018. REUTERS/John Sibley/File Photo

FIFA has declared the use of VAR at the World Cup in Russia a success.

(Reporting by Mark Gleeson; Editing by Ed Osmond)

Soccer Football - World Cup - Final - France v Croatia - Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia - July 15, 2018 General view of the scoreboard showing a possible penalty review by VAR REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
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