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The Road to VAR - Trailer 4ThreeThree - The Global Football Podcast
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- Soccer
The 2018 FIFA World Cup introduced the Video Assisted Referee to the game of football for the very first time. However, the seeds for its introduction were laid years before.
In this first documentary series from The 4ThreeThree Global Football Podcast, we will look at some of the most controversial incidents in the history of the game and examine how these controversies laid the groundwork for the eventual introduction of VAR.
From Geoff Hurst's controversial extra-time goal at Wembley in 1966, Maradona's infamous "Hand of God" goal, to Frank Lampard's goal that never was in the 2010 World Cup, football is littered with controversies that changed the course of sporting history.
With each passing controversy, television technology was rapidly advancing and asking serious questions over the competency of match referees.
Forthcoming episodes:
Episode 1 - England v West Germany 1966 Word Cup Final
Epsode 2 - West Germany v France, 1982 World Cup SF
Episode 3 - Argentina v England, 1986 World Cup QF
Episode 4 - Italy v France, 2006 World Cup Final
Episode 5 - France v Rep. of Ireland, 2009 World Cup Qualifier
Episode 6 - Germany v England, 2010 World Cup Round of 16
The 2018 FIFA World Cup introduced the Video Assisted Referee to the game of football for the very first time. However, the seeds for its introduction were laid years before.
In this first documentary series from The 4ThreeThree Global Football Podcast, we will look at some of the most controversial incidents in the history of the game and examine how these controversies laid the groundwork for the eventual introduction of VAR.
From Geoff Hurst's controversial extra-time goal at Wembley in 1966, Maradona's infamous "Hand of God" goal, to Frank Lampard's goal that never was in the 2010 World Cup, football is littered with controversies that changed the course of sporting history.
With each passing controversy, television technology was rapidly advancing and asking serious questions over the competency of match referees.
Forthcoming episodes:
Episode 1 - England v West Germany 1966 Word Cup Final
Epsode 2 - West Germany v France, 1982 World Cup SF
Episode 3 - Argentina v England, 1986 World Cup QF
Episode 4 - Italy v France, 2006 World Cup Final
Episode 5 - France v Rep. of Ireland, 2009 World Cup Qualifier
Episode 6 - Germany v England, 2010 World Cup Round of 16
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