At the Women’s World Cup, we’re once again talking about the Video Assistant Referee, otherwise known as VAR. This time it happened in France vs. Nigeria. Again a penalty was given, this time for France, which entered the tournament as favorites to win at home.
The game was dead even at 0-0, but the penalty changed everything. France’s Wendi Renard hit the post, but the VAR determined that Nigerian goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie was off of her goal line. Nnadozie earned a yellow card, France got a another chance from the spot (and converted), and went on to win 1-0.
