The US men’s national team have been knocked out of the Copa America overnight by Uruguay, however, the game was mired in controversy thanks to what appeared to be a huge error from the match officials.
Uruguay’s winning goal game 17 minutes from time, but as TV pictures would show, two of their players were offside.
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Despite a VAR check which clearly showed the offside players, the match referee allowed the goal to stand.
A look at the VAR angle of the Uruguay goal vs the USMNT ?? pic.twitter.com/VnOEe3jQvn
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) July 2, 2024
UNBELIEVABLE ?
VAR rules that Uruguay’s goal counts. On this frame, it looks offside to us. #USMNT #USAvURU pic.twitter.com/p74eBHyjbK
— World Soccer Talk (@worldsoccertalk) July 2, 2024
#USMNT
2 Uruguay players are clearly offsides on this goal.
They check the VAR and the ref takes forever to make a call.
..ok
The play stands as a goal ?#USMNT #CopaAmerica pic.twitter.com/PiFEZ5Lquk
— Mola Bux (@MbBhambhro) July 2, 2024
Pictures from Fox Soccer and World Soccer Talk
Source link : https://www.caughtoffside.com/2024/07/02/copa-america-var-disaster/
Author : Jason Pettigrove
Publish date : 2024-07-02 04:11:12
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