VAR protocol2. Reviewable decisions/incidents·Page 155, 2026/27 edition

2. Reviewable decisions/incidents

The provision as it is printed, and everything on Ruleside that turns on it.

The categories of decision/incident which may be reviewed in the event of a potential ‘clear and obvious error' or ‘serious missed incident' are:
IFAB Laws of the Game 2026/27, page 155 · clause law-x-65a952e8

Verdicts that turn on it 2

Walk the tree to any of these and this clause is part of the answer.

Mistaken identity protocol does not apply herevar-protocol
Reviewing something outside the categories does not invalidate the matchvar-protocol

Applied in these incidents 1

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

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