There were a total of 27 VAR interventions at this World Cup — 25 overturns plus two which were rejected by the referee at the monitor. That’s an increase of seven on the 2018 edition (17 overturns and three rejections), but the numbers alone don’t quite tell the whole story.
The Qatar World Cup saw a huge amount of VAR activity in the group stage, so that there were more VAR interventions before the end of the group stage than in the whole of the 2018 tournament.
Something seemed to change once we reached the knockout rounds, with only two VAR overturns — the penalties awarded against France to Poland in the round of 16 and to England in the quarterfinals.
