📸 Thanks for nothing! Champions League VAR shows ref the wrong box! | OneFootball

VAR once again left plenty of people scratching their heads during the Champions League quarter-final between Liverpool and PSG. What happened?

In the 64th minute, with the score at 0-0, referee Maurizio Mariani awarded a penalty to Liverpool. Suddenly, a big Reds comeback seemed within reach.

But just a few seconds later, the video assistant referee intervened and sent Mariani to the sideline to review the incident on the monitor.

The footage the Italian was then shown is likely to have caused more confusion than clarity. Instead of showing the potential foul, VAR provided an image from the other side of the pitch — where, of course, there was absolutely nothing happening at that moment.

In the end, Mariani did still get to see the penalty incident and overturned his decision to Liverpool’s detriment. The Reds then conceded twice more and were knocked out of Europe’s premier competition with little real chance of turning things around.

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