This article examines the controversial nature of VAR decisions in the Premier League, focusing on a recent incident where a goal by AFC Bournemouth's Evanilson stood despite potential handball claims. The VAR, tasked with reviewing such incidents, made their call based on the lack of definitive evidence to overturn the goal. The piece emphasizes that VAR decisions often depend on subjective judgments and the available camera angles, leading to discussions about the reliability of such technology in football officiating.
One thing tends to determine this kind of situation: luck. Luck of the available camera angles, luck of the position of the players and, probably most importantly, luck of who is in the video assistant chair.
In general, there was agreement among pundits that there wasn't categorical evidence to disallow the goal; that you couldn't be absolutely certain the ball had touched Evanilson's arm.
The balance of probabilities is that the ball came off Evanilson's thigh, onto his elbow, and then into the goal. Yet the VAR isn't supposed to make interventions on probabilities, only certainties.
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