1. Principles
The provision as it is printed, and everything on Ruleside that turns on it.
The original decision given by the referee will not be changed unless the video review clearly shows that the decision was a ‘clear and obvious error'.
Verdicts that turn on it 1
Walk the tree to any of these and this clause is part of the answer.
Explained in the rules library 1
The plain-language pages that build on this provision.
Applied in these incidents 4
Real decisions where this clause decided what should have happened.
- Embolo's red card came out of a review the mistaken identity category does not allowArgentina vs Switzerland
- Possible handball waved away, VAR correctly stayed out of itHaiti vs Scotland
- Konsa's missed tackle should have been a penalty and a yellow card, not just a penaltyEngland vs Ghana
- Mac Allister's challenge before Messi's goal went unreviewedArgentina vs Austria
Questions that ask it 1
Points in a walk where the reader is deciding this provision.
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